| Name | CVE-2017-16803 |
| Description | In Libav through 11.11 and 12.x through 12.1, the smacker_decode_tree function in libavcodec/smacker.c does not properly restrict tree recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bitstream.c:build_table() out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted Smacker stream. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4119-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg (PTS) | bullseye | 7:4.3.7-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7:4.3.8-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 7:5.1.6-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 7:7.1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 7:2.2.1-1 | |||
| libav | source | jessie | 6:11.12-1~deb8u1 | DSA-4119-1 | ||
| libav | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low |
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1098
https://github.com/libav/libav/commit/cd4663dc80323ba64989d0c103d51ad3ee0e9c2f
ffmpeg: https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/cd4663dc80323ba64989d0c103d51ad3ee0e9c2f
ffmpeg originally fixed by: https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commitdiff/b829da363985cb2f80130bba304cc29a632f6446