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MEDIUM
CVE-2017-1000460
Chromium Null Pointer Dereference in H.264 Decoder
Description

In line libavcodec/h264dec.c:500 in libav(v13_dev0), ffmpeg(n3.4), chromium(56 prior Feb 13, 2017), the return value of init_get_bits is ignored and get_ue_golomb(&gb) is called on an uninitialized get_bits context, which causes a NULL deref exception.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 3, 2018, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 31, 2019, 2:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-1000460 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Google chrome
1 Ffmpeg ffmpeg
1 Libav libav
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-1000460.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=952 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/third_party/ffmpeg/+/8e313ca08800178efce00045e07dc494d437b70c Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00041.html
https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2017-January/104221.html Issue Tracking Patch

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-1000460 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00041.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=952 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=952 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2017-January/104221.html No Types Assigned https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2017-January/104221.html Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/third_party/ffmpeg/+/8e313ca08800178efce00045e07dc494d437b70c No Types Assigned https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/third_party/ffmpeg/+/8e313ca08800178efce00045e07dc494d437b70c Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:13_dev0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 56.0.2924
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.18 }} -0.03%

score

0.53442

percentile

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