CVE-2014-8545

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

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

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e2b745020c2dbf0201fe7df3dad9e7e0b2e1bb6
• http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06