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CVE-2014-9676

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The seg_write_packet function in libavformat/segment.c in ffmpeg 2.1.4 and earlier does not free the correct memory location, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ("invalid memory handler") and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted video that triggers a use after free.

Affected products

• FFmpeg: through 2.1.4

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/38
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/38
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09

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