CVE-2017-7862

Critical

Published: 14/04/2017(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

FFmpeg before 2017-02-07 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame function in libavcodec/pictordec.c.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to unauthorized memory access, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution or application crash.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update FFmpeg to a version after 2017-02-07 to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

FFmpeg before 2017-02-07 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame function in libavcodec/pictordec.c.