# CVE-2014-5272: libavcodec/iff.c in FFMpeg before 1.1.14, 1.2.x before 1.2.8, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to have uns

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-11-03 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

libavcodec/iff.c in FFMpeg before 1.1.14, 1.2.x before 1.2.8, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted iff image, which triggers an out-of-bounds array access, related to the rgb8 and rgbn formats.

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## References

- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=abc1fa7c5a1dca1345b9471b81cfcda00c56220d
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/16/6
- https://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html

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