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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2017-9608 json

The dnxhd decoder in FFmpeg before 3.2.6, and 3.3.x before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer derefer…

published 2017-12-27 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18539

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.6%
EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The dnxhd decoder in FFmpeg before 3.2.6, and 3.3.x before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted mov file.

Patch / fix

  • ffmpeg ffmpeg 3.2.6, 3.3.3
  • ffmpeg Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7:3.3.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9608

  • ffmpeg Alpine 3.6 3.2.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-9608

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Exploit prediction

4.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.