VDB-106027 · CVE-2017-14059 · BID 100631

FFmpeg 3.3.3 cine_read_header resource management

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A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg 3.3.3 (Multimedia Processing Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function cine_read_header. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in cine_read_header() due to lack of an EOF check might cause huge CPU and memory consumption. When a crafted CINE file, which claims a large "duration" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the image-offset parsing loop would consume huge CPU and memory resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.

The bug was discovered 08/25/2017. The weakness was disclosed 08/31/2017 by Security Team (GitHub Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-14059 since 08/31/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103289 (openSUSE Security Update : ffmpeg / ffmpeg2 (openSUSE-2017-1067)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 170365 (OpenSUSE Security Update for ffmpeg, ffmpeg2 (openSUSE-SU-2017:2502-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103289).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 103289
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : ffmpeg / ffmpeg2 (openSUSE-2017-1067)
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OpenVAS ID: 850584
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for ffmpeg, openSUSE-SU-2017:2502-1 (ffmpeg,)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Product: ffmpeg.org

Advisory: 7e80b63ecd259d69d383623e75b318bf2bd491f6
Researcher: Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-14059 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 100631 - FFmpeg 'libavformat/cinedec.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 08/31/2017 22:49
Updated: 12/27/2022 13:21
Changes: 08/31/2017 22:49 (68), 11/12/2019 13:16 (14), 12/27/2022 13:21 (5)
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Cache ID: 13:15E:103

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