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CVE-2017-5025 (GCVE-0-2017-5025)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-17 07:45 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47
VLAI
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • heap corruption
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://crbug.com/643950 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac Affected: Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac
Date Public
2017-01-25 00:00
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