CVE-2014-7937 (GCVE-0-2014-7937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-01-22 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:03
VLAI
Summary
Multiple off-by-one errors in libavcodec/vorbisdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Vorbis I data.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
Chrome CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard E 43/100 over 3023 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://secunia.com/advisories/62383 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2015-01-21 00:00
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      "product_status:fixed": "15",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "chromium-browser: use-after-free in FFmpeg",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2014/cve-2014-7937.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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