CVE-2014-9449 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01465.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Exiv2	Exiv2
Fedoraproject	Fedora

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-0021	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-2454-1	Exiv2 vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/960
http://dev.exiv2.org/projects/exiv2/repository/diff?rev=3264&rev_to=3263
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148382.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61801
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71912
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2454-1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9449
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-03
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9449

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01135}`	epss `{'score': 0.01465}`

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01046}`	epss `{'score': 0.01135}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-01-02T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:47:41.536Z

Reserved: 2015-01-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9449

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-01-02T20:59:08.647

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9449

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-06-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9449 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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