01 Record

CVE-2014-9449

Buffer overflow in the RiffVideo::infoTagsHandler function in riffvideo.cpp in Exiv2 0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long IKEY INFO tag value in an AVI file.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Buffer overflow in the RiffVideo::infoTagsHandler function in riffvideo.cpp in Exiv2 0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long IKEY INFO tag value in an AVI file.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 3.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2015-01-02 20:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 13:47Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-01-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

005b196b5999f2c184fd350cd1ae4e79ae0cdf7d70bc61465c9b3219b3e1062b

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

exiv2exiv2Not specified—

fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

www.ubuntu.comUSN-2454-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2454-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-0301http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148382.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
dev.exiv2.orghttp://dev.exiv2.org/issues/960x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com61801http://secunia.com/advisories/61801third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201507-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
www.securityfocus.com71912http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71912vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
dev.exiv2.orghttp://dev.exiv2.org/projects/exiv2/repository/diff?rev=3264&rev_to=3263x_refsource_CONFIRM

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

exiv2
Fixed in 0.24-4.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

exiv2
Fixed in 0.24-4.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

exiv2
Fixed in 0.24-4.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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