CVE-2014-8542: Buffer Overflow
First published: Wed Nov 05 2014(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| FFmpeg FFmpeg | <=2.4.1 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b
- http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/event
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/ffmpeg
- canonical/ffmpeg ffmpeg
- version/ffmpeg ffmpeg/2.4.1
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/12.04
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/8.0