CVE-2017-17128

NameCVE-2017-17128
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libav (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)6:11.12-1~deb8u9fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libavsourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
libavsourcejessie(not affected)
libavsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[jessie] - libav <not-affected> (Unable to reproduce on i386 and amd64 with current version and upstream Git; upstream bug also closed WORKSFORME)
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1104

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