CVE-2017-9608 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the FFmpeg dnxhd decoder, affecting versions before 3.2.6 and 3.3.x before 3.3.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference by providing a specially crafted MOV file. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.3, < 3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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