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title: "CVE-2017-5025\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-5025

Publication date 27 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5025?format=md#impact-score)

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## 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 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5025)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5025)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-5025)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5025)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3180-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3180-1)
+ Oxide vulnerabilities
+ 8 February 2017

### Other references

* <https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html>
* <https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/fd30e4d57fe5841385f845440688505b88c0f4a9>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5025>