Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg
CVE-2014-8541
libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 considers only dimension differences, and not bits-per-pixel differences, when determining whether an image size has changed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted MJPEG data.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ffmpeg — versions 0.3, 0.3.1, 0.3.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1 (vendor-advisory)
- git.videolan.org/
- www.ffmpeg.org/security.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 (vendor-advisory)