CVE-2015-5479

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5479
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-19 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:26:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libav Libav All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu 12.04 All lts All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu 12.04 All lts All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.libav.org Git - libav.git/commitdiff git.libav.org
libav.org/releases/libav-11.5.changelog CONFIRM libav.org Vendor Advisory
git.libav.org Git - libav.git/commitdiff CONFIRM git.libav.org Patch
Libav 'ituh263dec.c' Divide-By-Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:1685-1: moderate: Security update for libav SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2944-1: Libav vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
libav: divide-by-zero in ff_h263_decode_mba() | agostino's blog MISC blogs.gentoo.org Issue Tracking
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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