CVE-2017-17128 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2017-17128?

CVE-2017-17128 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libav Libav, published on 4 Dec 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The h264_slice_init function in libavcodec/h264_slice.c in Libav 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and application crash) via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17128?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libav Libav.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17128?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17128 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-17128 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Libav Libav

• CVE-2014-3984 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Libav before 0.8.12 allow remote attackers to have unknown impact and vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2017-9051 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-4609 Integer overflow in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2019-9719 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2018-5766 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.8

All Libav Libav vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4j8c-q7v2-wx8w, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17128.