What is CVE-2014-5271?

CVE-2014-5271 is a vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-11-03.

Is CVE-2014-5271 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg

CVE-2014-5271

Heap-based buffer overflow in the encode_slice function in libavcodec/proresenc_kostya.c in FFMpeg before 1.1.14, 1.2.x before 1.2.8, 2.x before 2.2.7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 and Libav before 10.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.047 (90.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Ffmpeg — versions 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2
Libav — versions 0.5, 0.5.1, 0.5.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5271?: CVE-2014-5271 is a vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-11-03.
Is CVE-2014-5271 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.