What is CVE-2014-125014?

CVE-2014-125014 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2014-125014?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg

CVE-2014-125014

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in FFmpeg 2.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HEVC Video Decoder. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-06-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Ffmpeg — versions 2.0
Unspecified Ffmpeg — versions 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

git.videolan.org/
vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-125014?: CVE-2014-125014 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2014-125014?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.