CVE-2017-14055 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in FFmpeg version 3.3.3, specifically within the libavformat/mvdec.c component. This flaw allows an attacker to cause excessive CPU and memory consumption by providing a specially crafted MV file that claims a large number of frames without sufficient backing data, leading to an infinite loop due to a missing End of File (EOF) check. Rated 6.5 MEDIUM, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), resulting in high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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