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FKIE_CVE-2014-7933

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-01-22 22:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:15
Severity
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the matroska_read_seek function in libavformat/matroskadec.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.1, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Matroska file that triggers improper maintenance of tracks data.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=490a3ebf36821b81f73e34ad3f554cb523dd2682
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/62383
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/62575
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/62665
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=427266
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=490a3ebf36821b81f73e34ad3f554cb523dd2682
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=427266
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google chrome *
ffmpeg ffmpeg *

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      "value": "Use-after-free vulnerability in the matroska_read_seek function in libavformat/matroskadec.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.1, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Matroska file that triggers improper maintenance of tracks data."
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  "evaluatorComment": "\u003ca href=\"http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html\"\u003eCWE-416: Use After Free\u003c/a\u003e",
  "id": "CVE-2014-7933",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:15:58.507",
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