CVE-2014-3157 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via a heap-based buffer overflow in Chrome's FFmpeg video decoder.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-3157?

CVE-2014-3157 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 11 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the FFmpegVideoDecoder::GetVideoBuffer function in media/filters/ffmpeg_video_decoder.cc in Google Chrome before 35.0.1916.153 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging VideoFrame data structures that are too small for proper interaction with an underlying FFmpeg library.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3157?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3157?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-3157 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3157 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-xrpx-wqmr-pmxg, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3157.

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