Buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2013-4264

 

Buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2013-4264

Published: November 23, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42337
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4264
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 perform service disruption.

The kempf_decode_tile function in libavcodec/g2meet.c in FFmpeg before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap write) via a G2M4 encoded file.


Affected software

FFmpeg
Gentoo Linux
media-video/ffmpeg

How to mitigate CVE-2013-4264

Install update from vendor's website.

media-video/ffmpeg - update to 2.6.3

External References

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