Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 7, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-14170
CVE-2017-14170
Description
In libavformat/mxfdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3 -> 2.4, a DoS in mxf_read_index_entry_array() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted MXF file, which claims a large "nb_index_entries" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop. Moreover, this big loop can be invoked multiple times if there is more than one applicable data segment in the crafted MXF file.
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References
5- github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/900f39692ca0337a98a7cf047e4e2611071810c2nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3996nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100700nvd
- github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/f173cdfe669556aa92857adafe60cbe5f2aa1210nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00006.htmlnvd
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