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CVE-2017-9991

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.84% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-06-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-9991
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.84%

Original NVD Description

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.