CVE-2017-14058

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.
Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14058
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14058.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-14058
Downstream
ALPINE (1)
CLEANSTART (3)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (1)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
Published
2017-08-31T15:29:00Z
Modified
2026-08-17T05:25:55Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.3, the read_data function in libavformat/hls.c does not restrict reload attempts for an insufficient list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

References

Affected packages

Git / git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
Events
Introduced
9079c70d2095643af6954001d0627445650b85a6
Last Affected
9079c70d2095643af6954001d0627445650b85a6
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "3.3.3"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "3.3.3"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

3.*
3.3.3
n3.*
n3.3.3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14058.json"

Git / github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
Events
Introduced
9079c70d2095643af6954001d0627445650b85a6
Last Affected
9079c70d2095643af6954001d0627445650b85a6
Fixed
7ba100d3e6e8b1e5d5342feb960a7f081d6e15af
Fixed
7ec414892ddcad88313848494b6fc5f437c9ca4a
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "3.3.3"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "3.3.3"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

3.*
3.3.3
n3.*
n3.3.3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14058.json"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "function_hash":  "307616992488961155689353451593472058202",
            "length":  2424
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2017-14058-00bfb969",
        "signature_type":  "Function",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/7ec414892ddcad88313848494b6fc5f437c9ca4a",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "libavformat/hls.c",
            "function":  "read_data"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "line_hashes":  [
                "304165080079877529652181346720074499131",
                "162067093324696288953250956199808354876",
                "14741327823679758051667399565703620663",
                "103528835990820388798780638136162256474",
                "212210046328153511575685196694234427974",
                "176073871505549656761287110408664618383",
                "30391042795318001125261069865418981873",
                "313142887063955675613583277320037644203",
                "199790939807906335678849154372936472953",
                "65697736203760585144547338555385364426",
                "137674149634999590985749251598179956159",
                "224622235900015262281358376059801374555",
                "12386283591187879730390212292236685420",
                "199246036475103184441872826726779780060",
                "115262420892497008388419261859858552489",
                "140305884192726122940432131855497107686"
            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2017-14058-2210bb97",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/7ba100d3e6e8b1e5d5342feb960a7f081d6e15af",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "libavformat/hls.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "function_hash":  "321259516116468729858418046728872710930",
            "length":  2068
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2017-14058-22cc831c",
        "signature_type":  "Function",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/7ba100d3e6e8b1e5d5342feb960a7f081d6e15af",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "libavformat/hls.c",
            "function":  "read_data"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "line_hashes":  [
                "188304760659666760334610689520730816561",
                "276758316171052682441557897754958225397",
                "63791673241347399776134849094345201559",
                "103528835990820388798780638136162256474",
                "212210046328153511575685196694234427974",
                "176073871505549656761287110408664618383",
                "30391042795318001125261069865418981873",
                "313142887063955675613583277320037644203",
                "199790939807906335678849154372936472953",
                "65697736203760585144547338555385364426",
                "60806949653493904052568925773388884442",
                "6971350420336912076190345485067875612",
                "12386283591187879730390212292236685420",
                "199246036475103184441872826726779780060",
                "115262420892497008388419261859858552489",
                "140305884192726122940432131855497107686"
            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2017-14058-3227b939",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/7ec414892ddcad88313848494b6fc5f437c9ca4a",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "libavformat/hls.c"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-17T05:25:55Z"