CVE-2017-17129 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Libav versions 12.2 and earlier, specifically within the ff_vc1_mc_4mv_chroma4 function. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a segmentation fault and application crash, or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted file. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.