CVE-2015-6821 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The ff_mpv_common_init function in libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not properly maintain the encoding context, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted MPEG data.

Published: 2015-09-06

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1611-1	libav security update
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6758	The ff_mpv_common_init function in libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not properly maintain the encoding context, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted MPEG data.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00712.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b160fc290cf49b516c5b6ee0730fd9da7fc623b1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-09-06T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:29:24.527Z

Reserved: 2015-09-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6821

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-06T02:59:04.097

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6821

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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