Buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2014-5272
Published: November 3, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32497
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5272
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
libavcodec/iff.c in FFMpeg before 1.1.14, 1.2.x before 1.2.8, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted iff image, which triggers an out-of-bounds array access, related to the rgb8 and rgbn formats.
Affected software
FFmpeg
Gentoo Linux
ffmpeg (Alpine package)
media-video/ffmpeg
Gentoo Linux
ffmpeg (Alpine package)
media-video/ffmpeg
How to mitigate CVE-2014-5272
Install update from vendor's website.
FFmpeg - addressed in versions 1.1.14, 1.2.8, 2.2.7, 2.3.2
ffmpeg (Alpine package) - update to 1.1.14-r0
media-video/ffmpeg - update to 2.6.3
ffmpeg (Alpine package) - update to 1.1.14-r0
media-video/ffmpeg - update to 2.6.3