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title: "CVE-2014-2263\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-2263

Publication date 1 March 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The mpegts\_write\_pmt function in the MPEG2 transport stream (aka DVB) muxer
(libavformat/mpegtsenc.c) in FFmpeg, possibly 2.1 and earlier, allows
remote attackers to have unspecified impact and vectors, which trigger an
out-of-bounds write.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ffmpeg | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2263)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2263)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2263)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2263)

### Other references

* <http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=842b6c14bc>
* <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/91174>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/56971>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2263>