CVE - CVE-2015-6824

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-6824	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://ffmpeg.org/security.html CONFIRM:http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=a5d44d5c220e12ca0cb7a4eceb0f74759cb13111 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20181221 [SECURITY] [DLA 1611-2] libav security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00010.html SECTRACK:1033483 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483 UBUNTU:USN-2944-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150905	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150905)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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