CVE-2014-5271 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the encode_slice function of FFMpeg (versions before 1.1.14, 1.2.8, 2.2.7, and 2.3.3) and Libav (versions before 10.5). This flaw could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 81/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and no significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.