Out-of-Bounds Affecting libav package, versions <6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBAV-405036
  • published5 Nov 2014
  • disclosed5 Nov 2014

Introduced: 5 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-8541  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 libav to version 6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libav package and not the libav package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 considers only dimension differences, and not bits-per-pixel differences, when determining whether an image size has changed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted MJPEG data.

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