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CVE-2017-9608

25
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
4.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0454 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 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

github.com / FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/0a709e2a10b8288a0cc383547924ecfe285cef89
Patch
github.com / FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/31c1c0b46a7021802c3d1d18039fca30dba5a14e
Patch
github.com / FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/611b35627488a8d0763e75c25ee0875c5b7987dd
Patch
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3957
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/08/14/1
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100348
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry