FFmpeg and Libav CVE-2014-8541 Out of Bounds Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	70877
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2014-8541
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 03 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 05 2016 10:02PM
Credit:	Mateusz "j00ru" Jurczyk, and Gynvael Coldwind
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64 Libav Libav 0 Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

FFmpeg and Libav CVE-2014-8541 Out of Bounds Denial of Service Vulnerability

FFmpeg and Libav are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users. Due to the nature of this issue, code-execution may be possible; however this has not been confirmed.

FFmpeg and Libav CVE-2014-8541 Out of Bounds Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

FFmpeg and Libav CVE-2014-8541 Out of Bounds Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

FFmpeg and Libav CVE-2014-8541 Out of Bounds Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• FFmpeg Homepage (FFmpeg)