CVE-2014-2098

medium

Published 2014-03-02 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

6.8

Description

libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.1.4 uses an incorrect data-structure size for certain coefficients, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted WMA data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2098

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`0`
debian	sid	fixed	`0`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`{"endIncluding":"2.1.3"}`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`2.0`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`2.0.1`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`2.0.2`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`2.0.3`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`2.1`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`2.1.1`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`2.1.2`

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ec9578d54d09b64bf112c2bf7a34b1ef3b93dbd3
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2098

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.