Out-of-bounds access vulnerability in FFmpeg before 2.4.2

CVE-2014-8542 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 omits a certain codec ID during enforcement of alignment, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JV data.

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