Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ffmpeg (opens in a new tab)
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- published6 Sept 2015
- disclosed6 Sept 2015
Introduced: 6 Sep 2015
CVE-2015-6824 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:15.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ffmpeg package and not the ffmpeg package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-6824
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=a5d44d5c220e12ca0cb7a4eceb0f74759cb13111
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00010.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6824
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5d44d5c220e12ca0cb7a4eceb0f74759cb13111