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CVE-2014-8545

libavcodec/pngdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 accepts the monochrome-black format without verifying that the bits-per-pixel

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01024
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
ffmpeg<= 2.4.1
ffmpegall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD05 Nov 2014 · 11:55 AM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git
http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
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