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CVE-2017-15186 (GCVE-0-2017-15186)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-24 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:50
VLAI
Summary
Double free vulnerability in FFmpeg 3.3.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted AVI file.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101518 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4049 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2017-10-20 00:00
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