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Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2014-125016

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg prior to 2.2-rc1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function "ff_init_buffer_info" of the file "utils.c". The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be initiated remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published