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Excessive Iteration

CVE-2017-9253

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

The mp4ff_read_stsd function in common/mp4ff/mp4atom.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted mp4 file.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-834 - Excessive Iteration

The software performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published