CVE-2014-8542

high
Published 2014-11-05 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8542

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed7:2.4.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:2.4.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:2.4.3-1
debian debiansidfixed7:2.4.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:2.4.3-1
debian debian8.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg{"endIncluding":"2.4.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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