CVE-2014-8541 describes an out-of-bounds access vulnerability in FFmpeg's libavcodec/mjpegdec.c, affecting FFmpeg versions prior to 2.4.2 and Canonical Ubuntu Linux. This flaw arises because the software only checks for dimension changes, not bits-per-pixel differences, when validating image sizes. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is rated as high severity, allowing remote attackers to cause denial of service or potentially other impacts with low attack complexity and no authentication required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in FFmpeg 0.7.17
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in FFmpeg 0.7.17
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in FFmpeg 0.7.17
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in FFmpeg 0.7.17
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in FFmpeg 0.7.17