Code Injection in FFmpeg - CVE-2014-4610

 

Code Injection in FFmpeg - CVE-2014-4610

Published: January 14, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30443
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4610
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in a crafted Literal Run. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

FFmpeg
ffmpeg (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2014-4610

Update to version 2.2.4.

FFmpeg - update to 2.2.4
ffmpeg (Alpine package) - update to 1.1.12-r0

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