High
Security advisory
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xwd_decode_frame function in libavcodec/xwddec.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, 3.1.x before 3.1.8, 3.2.x before 3.2.5, and 3.3.x 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
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-9991
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xwd_decode_frame function in libavcodec/xwddec.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, 3.1.x before 3.1.8, 3.2.x before 3.2.5, and 3.3.x 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-2017-9991
Complete source record
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