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medium 5.5

CVE-2017-5024 json

FFmpeg in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, failed to perform proper bounds checking, which allowed a remote…

published 2017-02-17 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14134

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FFmpeg in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, failed to perform proper bounds checking, which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted video file.

Patch / fix

  • ffmpeg Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7:3.2.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5024

  • ffmpeg Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 7:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.1268

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5024

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 56.0.2924.76-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0206

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • ffmpeg Package Hub 12 SP2 3.1.8-8.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 56.0.2924.87-5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2017:1531-1openSUSE-SU-2017:0565-1

  • ffmpeg Alpine 3.3 2.8.11-r0
  • ffmpeg Alpine 3.4 3.0.7-r0
  • ffmpeg Alpine 3.5 3.1.7-r0
  • ffmpeg Alpine 3.6 3.2.4-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-5024

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium Arch Linux 56.0.2924.76-1
  • ffmpeg Arch Linux 1:3.2.4-1

arch linux advisories AVG-156AVG-172

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5024 updated cvss 4.3

chromium-browser: heap overflow in ffmpeg

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 56.0.2924.76-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 56.0.2924.76-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 56.0.2924.76-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0206

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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

Affected products

  • n/a Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

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.