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CVE-2015-6822

The destroy_buffers function in libavcodec/sanm.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not properly maintain height and width val

The destroy_buffers function in libavcodec/sanm.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not properly maintain height and width values in the video context, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted LucasArts Smush video data.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00887
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Affected Products & Versions

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ffmpeg<= 2.7.1
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD06 Sep 2015 · 02:59 AM
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00010.html
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