Description
libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 considers only dimension differences, and not bits-per-pixel differences, when determining whether an image size has changed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted MJPEG data.
Published: 2014-11-05
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8378 libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 considers only dimension differences, and not bits-per-pixel differences, when determining whether an image size has changed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted MJPEG data.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2944-1 Libav vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:18:48.671Z

Reserved: 2014-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8541

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-05T11:55:07.840

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

Link: CVE-2014-8541

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