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CVE-2017-17081

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17081 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting FFmpeg versions 2.3 and 3.4. The flaw resides in the gmc_mmx function, which fails to properly validate width and height values, leading to an integer signedness error and out-of-array read when processing a crafted MPEG file. Rated 6.5 Medium, this vulnerability can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0183 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Issue Tracking
github.com / FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/27f8d386829689c346ff0cef00d3af57b9fb8903
github.com / FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/58cf31cee7a456057f337b3102a03206d833d5e8
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.ffmpeg.org / pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2017-November/219748.html
Issue TrackingPatch
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4099