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CVE-2014-8542

libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 omits a certain codec ID during enforcement of alignment, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JV data.

Published

2014-11-05T11:55:07.887

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ffmpeg	ffmpeg	≤ 2.4.1	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b ([email protected])
http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)