CVE-2017-9051

Published: May 18, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

libav before 12.1 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 due to NULL pointer dereferencing in the nsv_read_chunk function in libavformat/nsvdec.c.

Affected (1)

Products: Libav: Libav

Libav

1 product

Libav

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libav Libav	Up to 12.0

Related CWEs

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (6)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98548

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1039

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/libav/libav/commit/fe6eea99efac66839052af547426518efd970b24

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98548

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1039

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/libav/libav/commit/fe6eea99efac66839052af547426518efd970b24

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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