CVE-2015-6824
N/A
Published: September 6, 2015 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFFMPEG
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00010.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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