CVE-2015-8663 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Ffmpeg

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
FfmpegDebian Ffmpeg
Timeline
PublishedDec 24
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The ff_get_buffer function in libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.4 preserves width and height values after a failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .mov file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.7

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:2.8.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:2.8.4-1+3
▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg2.8.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-r484-3cf9-6334: The ff_get_buffer function in libavcodec/utils↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-8663: The ff_get_buffer function in libavcodec/utils↗2015-12-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2015-8663: ffmpeg - The ff_get_buffer function in libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.4 preserve...↗2015
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