CVE-2014-8542 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Ffmpeg

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.8%
top 17.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
FfmpegDebian FfmpegCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 5
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:2.4.3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:2.4.3-1+3
▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg2.4.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-54rc-7rpj-78x5: libavcodec/utils↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2014-8542: libavcodec/utils↗2014-11-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Libav vulnerabilities↗2015-03-17
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Debian
CVE-2014-8542: ffmpeg - libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 omits a certain codec ID during enforc...↗2014
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