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CVE-2014-8541

libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 considers only dimension differences, and not bits-per-pixel differences, when determining whether an image size h…

Impact

libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 considers only dimension differences, and not bits-per-pixel differences, when determining whether an image size has changed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted MJPEG data.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Version 12.04
FfmpegFfmpeg
through 2.4.1
Versions 0.3, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4

Weakness classification

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