Input validation error in FFmpeg - CVE-2013-7014
Published: December 9, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42265
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7014
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
FFmpeg
FFmpeg
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Integer signedness error in the add_bytes_l2_c function in libavcodec/pngdsp.c in FFmpeg before 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted PNG data.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-7014
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v9.11
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/08/3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2855
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/86736f59d6a527d8bc807d09b93f971c0fe0bb07
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/2919