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FFmpeg HEVC Video Decoder memory corruption

Priority LOW 32CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in FFmpeg 2.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HEVC Video Decoder. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00706 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
unspecifiedFFmpeg2.0—No fix listedCNA
  • FFmpeg Vendorunspecified Affected 2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableFFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-125014
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wr2v-5qvp-wv57

References

  • TI-2025-19015 FFmpeg git-master before commit d5873b was discovered to contain a memory leak in the component libavutil/iamf.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-21238 FFmpeg 7.0 contains a heap-buffer-overflow at libavfilter/vf_tiltandshift.c:189:5 in copy_column. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2023-06050 Ffmpeg: null pointer dereference in ffmpeg hls parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-28420 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2023-27357 FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows a heap-based buffer overflow via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2023-27044 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg version n6.1-3-g466799d4f5, allows a local… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
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Sources