Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-1000460 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
libav
ffmpeg
google
CWE-476
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-01-03
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

In line libavcodec/h264dec.c:500 in libav(v13_dev0), ffmpeg(n3.4), chromium(56 prior Feb 13, 2017), the return value of init_get_bits is ignored and get_ue_golomb(&gb) is called on an uninitialized get_bits context, which causes a NULL deref exception.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Libav
1
Application
Ffmpeg
1
Application
Google
3783

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1740.NASL
descriptionSeveral security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and decoders of the libav multimedia library. CVE-2015-1872 The ff_mjpeg_decode_sof function in libavcodec/mjpegdec.c did not validate the number of components in a JPEG-LS Start Of Frame segment, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Motion JPEG data. CVE-2017-14058 The read_data function in libavformat/hls.c did not restrict reload attempts for an insufficient list, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop). CVE-2017-1000460 In get_last_needed_nal() (libavformat/h264.c) the return value of init_get_bits was ignored and get_ue_golomb(&gb) was called on an uninitialized get_bits context, which caused a NULL deref exception. CVE-2018-6392 The filter_slice function in libavfilter/vf_transpose.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-array access) via a crafted MP4 file. CVE-2018-1999012 libav contained a CWE-835: Infinite loop vulnerability in pva format demuxer that could result in a vulnerability that allowed attackers to consume excessive amount of resources like CPU and RAM. This attack appeared to be exploitable via specially crafted PVA file had to be provided as input. For Debian 8
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id123527
published2019-04-01
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123527
titleDebian DLA-1740-1 : libav security update
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1740-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(123527);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1872", "CVE-2017-1000460", "CVE-2017-14058", "CVE-2018-1999012", "CVE-2018-6392");
  script_bugtraq_id(72644);

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1740-1 : libav security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Several security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and
decoders of the libav multimedia library.

CVE-2015-1872

The ff_mjpeg_decode_sof function in libavcodec/mjpegdec.c did not
validate the number of components in a JPEG-LS Start Of Frame segment,
which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact
via crafted Motion JPEG data.

CVE-2017-14058

The read_data function in libavformat/hls.c did not restrict reload
attempts for an insufficient list, which allowed remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

CVE-2017-1000460

In get_last_needed_nal() (libavformat/h264.c) the return value of
init_get_bits was ignored and get_ue_golomb(&gb) was called on an
uninitialized get_bits context, which caused a NULL deref exception.

CVE-2018-6392

The filter_slice function in libavfilter/vf_transpose.c allowed remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-array access) via a
crafted MP4 file.

CVE-2018-1999012

libav contained a CWE-835: Infinite loop vulnerability in pva format
demuxer that could result in a vulnerability that allowed attackers to
consume excessive amount of resources like CPU and RAM. This attack
appeared to be exploitable via specially crafted PVA file had to be
provided as input.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version
6:11.12-1~deb8u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your libav packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00041.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libav"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-1872");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libav-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libav-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libav-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-extra");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-extra-56");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec56");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavdevice-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavdevice55");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat56");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavresample-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavresample2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavutil-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavutil54");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswscale-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswscale3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/07/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/04/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libav-dbg", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libav-doc", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libav-tools", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec-extra", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec-extra-56", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec56", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavdevice-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavdevice55", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavfilter-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavfilter5", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavformat-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavformat56", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavresample-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavresample2", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavutil-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavutil54", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libswscale-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libswscale3", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u6")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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