CVE-2015-6821

NameCVE-2015-6821
DescriptionThe ff_mpv_common_init function in libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not properly maintain the encoding context, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted MPEG data.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1611-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ffmpeg (PTS)bullseye7:4.3.7-0+deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)7:4.3.8-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)7:5.1.6-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie7:7.1-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ffmpegsourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
ffmpegsource(unstable)7:2.7.2-1
libavsourcejessie6:11.12-1~deb8u2DLA-1611-1
libavsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[squeeze] - ffmpeg <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=b160fc290cf49b516c5b6ee0730fd9da7fc623b1

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