Unscored severity · published Nov 5, 2014
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…
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CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
FF
Ffmpeg · Ffmpeg
through 2.4.1 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8542
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8542
git.videolan.org
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b
Vendor Advisory
http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
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