CVE-2017-5025

Publication date 27 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

FFmpeg in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, failed to perform proper bounds checking, which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted video file.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343
	17.10 artful	Fixed 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.10.1335
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.1268
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
ffmpeg	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 7:3.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 7:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
oxide-qt	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Fixed 1.20.4-0ubuntu1
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1.20.4-0ubuntu1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3180-1
Oxide vulnerabilities
8 February 2017