FFmpeg and Libav CVE-2014-8545 Out of Bounds Denial of Service Vulnerability
BID:70886
Info
FFmpeg and Libav CVE-2014-8545 Out of Bounds Denial of Service Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 70886 |
| Class: | Unknown |
| CVE: |
CVE-2014-8545 |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Oct 03 2014 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Jul 05 2016 09:43PM |
| Credit: | Mateusz "j00ru" Jurczyk, and Gynvael Coldwind |
| Vulnerable: |
Libav Libav 0 Gentoo Linux |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
FFmpeg and Libav CVE-2014-8545 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 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.
References
FFmpeg and Libav CVE-2014-8545 Out of Bounds Denial of Service Vulnerability
References:
References:
- avcodec/pngdec: Check bits per pixel before setting monoblack pixel format (FFmpeg)
- avcodec/pngdec: Check bits per pixel before setting monoblack pixel format (FFmpeg)
- FFmpeg Homepage (FFmpeg)
- FFmpeg Security (FFmpeg)
- Libav Homepage (Libav)