PT-2015-7376 · FFmpeg · Ffmpeg

Published 2015-09-05 · Updated 2018-12-21 · CVE-2015-6824

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FFmpeg versions prior to 2.7.2

Description The issue is related to the sws init context function in libswscale/utils.c, which does not properly initialize certain pixbuf data structures. This can be exploited by remote attackers using crafted video data, potentially leading to a denial of service (segmentation violation) or other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.7.2, update to version 2.7.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-6824

DLA-1611-1

DLA-1611-2

MGASA-2016-0018

USN-2944-1

Affected Products

Ffmpeg

References · 52

• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2944-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6826 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8217 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6820 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01539 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0018.html · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10191 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8364 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6825 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00373 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8363 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11765 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libav · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6824 · Vendor Advisory