Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the matroska_read_seek function in libavformat/matroskadec.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.1, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Matroska file that triggers improper maintenance of tracks data.
Published: 2015-01-22
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 5.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3189-1 libav security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-7783 Use-after-free vulnerability in the matroska_read_seek function in libavformat/matroskadec.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.1, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Matroska file that triggers improper maintenance of tracks data.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2476-1 Oxide vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:03:27.674Z

Reserved: 2014-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-7933

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-01-22T22:59:14.740

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-7933

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-01-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-7933 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses