CVE-2015-6824

2015-09-0602:59:07

CWE-20

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2015-6824

sws_init_context

libswscale

ffmpeg

denial of service

segmentation violation

video data

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

AI Score

8.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

78.2%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

ffmpegffmpegRange≤2.7.1

Node

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04lts

VendorProductVersionCPE
ffmpegffmpeg*cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*