CVE-2014-9603

high

Published 2015-01-16 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

7.5

Description

The vmd_decode function in libavcodec/vmdvideo.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.2 does not validate the relationship between a certain length value and the frame width, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Sierra VMD video 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-2014-9603

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`7:2.5.1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`7:2.5.1-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`7:2.5.1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`7:2.5.1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`7:2.5.1-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`{"endIncluding":"2.5.1"}`

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3030fb7e0d41836f8add6399e9a7c7b740b48bfd
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9603

CWEs

CWE-20

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