VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-9317

high
Published 2014-12-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The decode_ihdr_chunk function in libavcodec/pngdec.c in FFMpeg before 2.1.6, 2.2.x through 2.3.x, and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap access) and possibly have other unspecified impact via an IDAT before an IHDR in a PNG file.

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-2014-9317

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.4.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.4.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.4.4-1
debian debiansidfixed2.4.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.4.4-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg{"endIncluding":"2.1.5"}
ffmpegffmpeg2.2
ffmpegffmpeg2.2.4
ffmpegffmpeg2.3
ffmpegffmpeg2.3.2
ffmpegffmpeg2.3.3
ffmpegffmpeg2.3.4
ffmpegffmpeg2.3.5
ffmpegffmpeg2.4
ffmpegffmpeg2.4.1
ffmpegffmpeg2.4.2
ffmpegffmpeg2.4.3

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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