CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-6761

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2015-10-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-10-15
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-362

Description

The update_dimensions function in libavcodec/vp8.c in FFmpeg through 2.8.1, as used in Google Chrome before 46.0.2490.71 and other products, relies on a coefficient-partition count during multi-threaded operation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (race condition and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted WebM file.

Affected configurations

• ffmpeg ffmpeg (<= 2.8.1) • google chrome (<= 45.0.2454.101)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References