FFmpeg sws_init_context Denial of Service Vulnerability

FFmpeg is a complete solution for recording, converting and streaming audio and video from the FFmpeg team. A security vulnerability exists in the 'swsinitcontext' function in the libswscale/utils.c file in versions of FFmpeg prior to 2.7.2, which stems from the program's failure to initialize th...

PT-2015-7376

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...