CVE-2015-8218

medium

Description

The decode_uncompressed function in libavcodec/faxcompr.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.2 does not validate uncompressed runs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted CCITT FAX data.

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d4a731b84a08f0f3839eaaaf82e97d8d9c67da46

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00146.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-11-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium