CVE-2015-6823 — Vulnetix

CVE-2015-6823 PUBLISHED

The allocate_buffers function in libavcodec/alac.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not initialize certain context data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) data.

EPSS 0.71% · 72.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.71%

72.7th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	libav	0, 6:0.8.7-1ubuntu2, 6:9.10-1ubuntu1

Exploit Intelligence

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f7068bf277a37479aecde2832208d820682b35e6 (circl)
1033483 (circl)
[debian-lts-announce] 20181221 [SECURITY] [DLA 1611-2] libav security update (circl)
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html (circl)

Timeline

Sep 6, 2015 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6823 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6823 third-party-advisory

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