CVE-2015-6820 — Vulnetix

CVE-2015-6820 PUBLISHED

The ff_sbr_apply function in libavcodec/aacsbr.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not check for a matching AAC frame syntax element before proceeding with Spectral Band Replication calculations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted AAC data.

EPSS 0.89% · 75.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.89%

75.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	libav	0, 6:0.8.7-1ubuntu2, 6:9.10-1ubuntu6

Exploit Intelligence

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79a98294da6cd85f8c86b34764c5e0c43b09eea3 (circl)
USN-2944-1 (circl)
[debian-lts-announce] 20181220 [SECURITY] [DLA 1611-1] libav security update (circl)
1033483 (circl)
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html (circl)

Timeline

Sep 5, 2015 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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May 25, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6820 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2944-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6820 third-party-advisory

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