The vulnerability of the nsv_parse_NSVf_header function in the nsvdec.c component of the FFmpeg multimedia library allows a attacker to cause a waste of computational resources and a denial of service.

The vulnerability of the nsvparseNSVfheader function in the FFmpeg’s multimedia library libavformat/nsvdec.c is related to resource management errors. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to unnecessarily consume computing resources and cause service failures by using a speciall...

ALPINE-CVE-2017-14171

In libavformat/nsvdec.c in FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.3, a DoS in nsvparseNSVfheader due to lack of an EOF End of File check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted NSV file, which claims a large "tableentriesused" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, th...