Description
libavcodec/pngdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 accepts the monochrome-black format without verifying that the bits-per-pixel value is 1, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted PNG data.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
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
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e2b745020c2dbf0201fe7df3dad9e7e0b2e1bb6
Scores
EPSS
0.0102
EPSS Percentile
77.5%
Details
CWE
CWE-189
Status
published
Products (50)
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
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
0.4.5
... and 40 more
Published
Nov 05, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026