CVE-2014-9604 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9604?

CVE-2014-9604 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libavcodec/utvideodec.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.2 does not check for a zero value of a slice height, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Ut Video data, related to the (1) restore_median and (2) restore_median_il functions.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9604?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9604?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-9604 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9604 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9604, GHSA-fmmw-c889-hg82, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9604.