Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-8542

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.

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Affected products

FFmpeg/Ffmpeg2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.4.1
- (no CPE)range: <2.4.2
Canonical/Ubuntu Linux
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

www.ffmpeg.org/security.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06nvdThird Party Advisory
git.videolan.orgnvd

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