CVE-2015-6823
First published: Sun Sep 06 2015(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| FFmpeg FFmpeg | <=2.7.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=f7068bf277a37479aecde2832208d820682b35e6
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00010.html
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f7068bf277a37479aecde2832208d820682b35e6
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/references
- agent/type
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/ffmpeg
- canonical/ffmpeg ffmpeg
- version/ffmpeg ffmpeg/2.7.1