CVE-2015-6826

FFmpeg < 2.7.2 - Denial of Service via Crafted RV30/RV40 RealVideo Data

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The ff_rv34_decode_init_thread_copy function in libavcodec/rv34.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted (1) RV30 or (2) RV40 RealVideo data.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0089
EPSS Percentile 75.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
ffmpeg/ffmpeg < 2.7.1
Published Sep 06, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026