CVE-2015-6824

Name	CVE-2015-6824
Description	The sws_init_context function in libswscale/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not initialize certain pixbuf data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted video data.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-1611-2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
ffmpeg (PTS)	bookworm, bookworm (security)	7:5.1.9-0+deb12u1	fixed
	trixie (security), trixie	7:7.1.5-0+deb13u1	fixed
	forky, sid	7:8.1.2-2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
ffmpeg	source	squeeze	(unfixed)	end-of-life
ffmpeg	source	(unstable)	7:2.7.2-1
libav	source	jessie	6:11.12-1~deb8u3		DLA-1611-2
libav	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

[squeeze] - ffmpeg <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=a5d44d5c220e12ca0cb7a4eceb0f74759cb13111