CVE-2014-9603 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potential code execution via crafted Sierra VMD video data due to improper validation in FFmpeg.
- 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-2014-9603?
CVE-2014-9603 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 16 Jan 2015. 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
The vmd_decode function in libavcodec/vmdvideo.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.2 does not validate the relationship between a certain length value and the frame width, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Sierra VMD video data.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9603?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9603?
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-2014-9603 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9603 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9603, GHSA-xjwf-x6xw-g8pf.