Is CVE-2014-8542 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-8542 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8542?

CVE-2014-8542 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2014-8542

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD

libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 omits a certain codec ID during enforcement of alignment, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JV data.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 2.5% (85th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-8379)
Published: November 5, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8379 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
ffmpeg / ffmpeg

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=105654e376a736d243aef4a1d121abebce912e6b
http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2534-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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