CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-6825
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-09-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The ff_frame_thread_init function in libavcodec/pthread_frame.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 mishandles certain memory-allocation failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by an AVI file.
Affected configurations
• ffmpeg ffmpeg (<= 2.7.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html ffmpeg.org
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f1a38264f20382731cf2cc75fdd98f4c9a84a626 git.videolan.org
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483 www.securitytracker.com
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html lists.debian.org
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html ffmpeg.org
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f1a38264f20382731cf2cc75fdd98f4c9a84a626 git.videolan.org
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483 www.securitytracker.com
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html lists.debian.org