Buffer overflow in ffmpeg.sourceforge.net FFmpeg

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU32497

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5272

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

libavcodec/iff.c in FFMpeg before 1.1.14, 1.2.x before 1.2.8, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted iff image, which triggers an out-of-bounds array access, related to the rgb8 and rgbn formats.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FFmpeg: 1.1.0 - 2.3.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg_sourceforge_net:ffmpeg:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg_sourceforge_net:ffmpeg:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg_sourceforge_net:ffmpeg:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=abc1fa7c5a1dca1345b9471b81cfcda00c56220d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/16/6
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.