CVE-2014-8542

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201603-06

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

libavcodec/utils.c en FFmpeg anterior a 2.4.2 omite cierto identificador de codec durante el forzamiento de la alineación, lo que permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (acceso fuera de rango) o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de datos JV manipulados.

It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-10-30 CVE Reserved
2014-11-05 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b	X_refsource_confirm
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html	2023-11-07
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg"		Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg"				<= 2.4.1 Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg" and version " <= 2.4.1"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected