CVE-2014-8542
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
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.
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
Ubuntu Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 7:2.4.3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 7:2.4.3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 7:2.4.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 7:2.4.3-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 7:2.4.3-1 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | {"endIncluding":"2.4.1"} | |
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b
- http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8542
CWEs
CWE-119
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