VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-7937

high
Published 2015-01-22 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Multiple off-by-one errors in libavcodec/vorbisdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Vorbis I data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 7:2.4.2-1
sid Fixed 7:2.4.2-1
forky Fixed 7:2.4.2-1
bullseye Fixed 7:2.4.2-1
bookworm Fixed 7:2.4.2-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg{"endIncluding":"2.4.1"}
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"40.0.2214.85"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.