CVE-2014-9449

Published: Jan 2, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the RiffVideo::infoTagsHandler function in riffvideo.cpp in Exiv2 0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long IKEY INFO tag value in an AVI file.

Affected (2)

Products: Exiv2: Exiv2 · Fedoraproject: Fedora

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Exiv2 Exiv2	Version 0.24

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 21

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (14)

http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/960

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

http://dev.exiv2.org/projects/exiv2/repository/diff?rev=3264&rev_to=3263

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148382.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/61801

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71912

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2454-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-03

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/960