CVE-2015-6824

The sws_init_context function in libswscale/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not initialize certain pixbuf data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted video data.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=a5d44d5c220e12ca0cb7a4eceb0f74759cb13111
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00010.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2015-09-05 19:59

Updated : 2018-12-21 03:29

NVD link : CVE-2015-6824

Mitre link : CVE-2015-6824

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

ffmpeg

ffmpeg

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