Buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2013-0874
Published: November 23, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42331
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0874
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 execute arbitrary code.
The (1) doubles2str and (2) shorts2str functions in libavcodec/tiff.c in FFmpeg before 1.1.3 allow remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to an out-of-bounds array access.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0874
Install update from vendor's website.