CVE-2014-8544

FFmpeg < 2.4.2 - Denial of Service via TIFF Bits-Per-Pixel Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libavcodec/tiff.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 does not properly validate bits-per-pixel fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted TIFF data.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06

Scores

EPSS 0.0104
EPSS Percentile 77.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (50)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.3
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.3.1
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.3.2
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.3.3
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.3.4
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.4.0
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.4.2
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.4.3
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.4.4
... and 40 more
Published Nov 05, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026