# CVE-2017-14059: In FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in cine\_read\_header() due to lack of an EOF check might cause huge CPU and memory consumption.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-08-31 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in cine_read_header() due to lack of an EOF check might cause huge CPU and memory consumption. When a crafted CINE file, which claims a large "duration" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the image-offset parsing loop would consume huge CPU and memory resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100631
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/7e80b63ecd259d69d383623e75b318bf2bd491f6
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3996

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