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CVE-2014-8542 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 omits a certain codec ID during enforcement of alignment, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JV data.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH

Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b
http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	NIST

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Change History

8 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 3/05/2019 12:53:50 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 5278 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.5:::::::	OR cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg::::::::* versions up to (including) 2.4.1
Changed	Reference Type	http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b No Types Assigned	http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html No Types Assigned	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 No Types Assigned	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 Third Party Advisory

Modified Analysis by NIST 9/10/2015 11:31:54 AM

Action

Type

Old Value

New Value

Changed

CPE Configuration

Record truncated, showing 500 of 5810 characters.
View Entire Change Record

Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg

Record truncated, showing 500 of 5900 characters.
View Entire Change Record

Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg

Changed

Reference Type

http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html No Types Assigned

http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-8542
NVD Published Date:
11/05/2014
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2014-8542 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 11:23:39 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 11/06/2023 9:22:37 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 3/05/2019 12:53:50 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 2/07/2019 6:29:00 AM

CVE Modified by MITRE 12/02/2016 10:01:52 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 9/10/2015 11:31:54 AM

CVE Modified by MITRE 3/23/2015 10:00:42 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 11/05/2014 7:10:44 AM

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