CVE-2014-2098 — libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.1.4 uses an incorrect data-structure size for certain coefficients, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted WMA data

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libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.1.4 uses an incorrect data-structure size for certain coefficients, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted WMA data

Published Mar 2, 2014

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.77%

Description

libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.1.4 uses an incorrect data-structure size for certain coefficients, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted WMA data.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.77% 0.01769

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01769

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.77% (0.01769)	77.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.76% (0.01761)	75.01th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.58% (0.00583)	67.07th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.34% (0.00338)	72.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.34% (0.00338)	70.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.34% (0.00338)	66.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ec9578d54d09b64bf112c2bf7a34b1ef3b93dbd3
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Link	Providers	Tags
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ec9578d54d09b64bf112c2bf7a34b1ef3b93dbd3		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 2, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Feb 24, 2014

Link CVE-2014-2098

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-2098

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-2098