7.5
HIGH
CVE-2014-7937
FFmpeg Off-by-One Use-After-Free vulnerability in VorbisDecoder
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 22, 2015, 10:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Source :

chrome-cve-admin@google.com

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-7937 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Google chrome
1 Ffmpeg ffmpeg
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-7937.

URL Resource
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c50704ebf1777bee76772c4835d9760b3721057
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/third_party/ffmpeg/+/d4608b7c83f56b17f14fdd94990341f62bb52f92
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=419060
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c50704ebf1777bee76772c4835d9760b3721057
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/third_party/ffmpeg/+/d4608b7c83f56b17f14fdd94990341f62bb52f92
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=419060
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c50704ebf1777bee76772c4835d9760b3721057
    Added Reference http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
    Added Reference https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/third_party/ffmpeg/+/d4608b7c83f56b17f14fdd94990341f62bb52f92
    Added Reference https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=419060
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
  • CVE Modified by chrome-cve-admin@google.com

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by chrome-cve-admin@google.com

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • CVE Modified by chrome-cve-admin@google.com

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome http://secunia.com/advisories/62665 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=419060 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://secunia.com/advisories/62575 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/third_party/ffmpeg/+/d4608b7c83f56b17f14fdd94990341f62bb52f92 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c50704ebf1777bee76772c4835d9760b3721057 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://secunia.com/advisories/62383 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=419060
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=8c50704ebf1777bee76772c4835d9760b3721057
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/third_party/ffmpeg/+/d4608b7c83f56b17f14fdd94990341f62bb52f92
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
  • CVE Modified by cve-coordination@google.com

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62665 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62383 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by cve-coordination@google.com

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by cve-coordination@google.com

    Mar. 12, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
  • CVE Modified by cve-coordination@google.com

    Mar. 10, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
  • CVE Modified by cve-coordination@google.com

    Mar. 06, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
  • CVE Modified by cve-coordination@google.com

    Feb. 21, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
  • CVE Modified by cve-coordination@google.com

    Feb. 11, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
  • Modified Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Jan. 24, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:40.0.2214.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=419060 No Types Assigned https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=419060 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=8c50704ebf1777bee76772c4835d9760b3721057 No Types Assigned http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=8c50704ebf1777bee76772c4835d9760b3721057 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/third_party/ffmpeg/+/d4608b7c83f56b17f14fdd94990341f62bb52f92 No Types Assigned https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/third_party/ffmpeg/+/d4608b7c83f56b17f14fdd94990341f62bb52f92 Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Jan. 23, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.21 }} -1.58%

score

0.82982

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability