VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.49%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.49% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ffmpeg/ffmpeg · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b
- http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06Third Party Advisory
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b
- http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.