CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8218

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2015-11-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-11-17
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-20

Description

The decode_uncompressed function in libavcodec/faxcompr.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.2 does not validate uncompressed runs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted CCITT FAX data.

Affected configurations

• ffmpeg ffmpeg (<= 2.8.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References