CVE-2015-5479

medium

Description

The ff_h263_decode_mba function in libavcodec/ituh263dec.c in Libav before 11.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a file with crafted dimensions.

References

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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00105.html

https://libav.org/releases/libav-11.5.changelog

https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0a49a62f998747cfa564d98d36a459fe70d3299b

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2015/07/16/libav-divide-by-zero-in-ff_h263_decode_mba/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75932

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-19

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H