CVE-2017-9987

Publication date 28 June 2017

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function hpel_motion in mpegvideo_motion.c in libav 12.1. A crafted input can lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libav	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	23.04 lunar	Not in release
	22.10 kinetic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Vulnerable

Notes

ebarretto

No fix available as of 2019-03-01

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H