High
Security advisory
Stack-based buffer overflow in the color_string_to_rgba function in libavcodec/xpmdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3 before 3.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-9990
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Stack-based buffer overflow in the color_string_to_rgba function in libavcodec/xpmdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3 before 3.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
osv:CVE-2017-9990
Complete source record
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