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(CVE-2015-6818).\n\nThe ff_sbr_apply function in libavcodec/aacsbr.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.11 does\nnot check for a matching AAC frame syntax element before proceeding with\nSpectral Band Replication calculations, which allows remote attackers to\ncause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have\nunspecified other impact via crafted AAC data (CVE-2015-6820).\n\nThe ff_mpv_common_init function in libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in FFmpeg before\n2.4.11 does not properly maintain the encoding context, which allows remote\nattackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access) or possibly\nhave unspecified other impact via crafted MPEG data (CVE-2015-6821).\n\nThe destroy_buffers function in libavcodec/sanm.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.11\ndoes not properly maintain height and width values in the video context,\nwhich allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation\nviolation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact\nvia crafted LucasArts Smush video data (CVE-2015-6822).\n\nThe allocate_buffers function in libavcodec/alac.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.11\ndoes not initialize certain context data, which allows remote attackers to\ncause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or possibly have\nunspecified other impact via crafted Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) data\n(CVE-2015-6823).\n\nThe sws_init_context function in libswscale/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.11\ndoes not initialize certain pixbuf data structures, which allows remote\nattackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or possibly\nhave unspecified other impact via crafted video data (CVE-2015-6824).\n\nThe ff_frame_thread_init function in libavcodec/pthread_frame.c in FFmpeg\nbefore 2.4.11 mishandles certain memory-allocation failures, which allows\nremote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access) or\npossibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated\nby an AVI file (CVE-2015-6825).\n\nThe ff_rv34_decode_init_thread_copy function in libavcodec/rv34.c in FFmpeg\nbefore 2.4.11 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows\nremote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access) or\npossibly have unspecified other impact via crafted RV30 or RV40 RealVideo\ndata (CVE-2015-6826).\n\nThe ljpeg_decode_yuv_scan function in libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before\n2.4.12 omits certain width and height checks, which allows remote attackers\nto cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have\nunspecified other impact via crafted MJPEG data (CVE-2015-8216).\n\nThe init_tile function in libavcodec/jpeg2000dec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.12\ndoes not enforce minimum-value and maximum-value constraints on tile\ncoordinates, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service\n(out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via\ncrafted JPEG 2000 data (CVE-2015-8219).\n\nThe jpeg2000_read_main_headers function in libavcodec/jpeg2000dec.c in FFmpeg\nbefore 2.4.12 does not enforce uniqueness of the SIZ marker in a JPEG 2000\nimage, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service\n(out-of-bounds heap-memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact\nvia a crafted image with two or more of these markers (CVE-2015-8363).\n\nInteger overflow in the ff_ivi_init_planes function in libavcodec/ivi.c in\nFFmpeg before 2.4.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service\n(out-of-bounds heap-memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact\nvia crafted image dimensions in Indeo Video Interactive data (CVE-2015-8364).\n\nThe smka_decode_frame function in libavcodec/smacker.c in FFmpeg before\n2.4.12 does not verify that the data size is consistent with the number of\nchannels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service\n(out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via\ncrafted Smacker data (CVE-2015-8365).\n\nThe h264_slice_header_init function in libavcodec/h264_slice.c in FFmpeg\nbefore 2.4.12 does not validate the relationship between the number of\nthreads and the number of slices, which allows remote attackers to cause a\ndenial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified\nother impact via crafted H.264 data (CVE-2015-8661).\n\nThe ff_dwt_decode function in libavcodec/jpeg2000dwt.c in FFmpeg before\n2.4.12 does not validate the number of decomposition levels before proceeding\nwith Discrete Wavelet Transform decoding, which allows remote attackers to\ncause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have\nunspecified other impact via crafted JPEG 2000 data (CVE-2015-8662).\n\nThe ff_get_buffer function in libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.12\npreserves width and height values after a failure, which allows remote\nattackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or\npossibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .mov file\n(CVE-2015-8663).\n","status":"published","published":"2016-01-15T01:52:38Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:25:42.232647286Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:39.792687Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:10243-1","title":"ffmpeg-3.2.2-1.1 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the ffmpeg-3.2.2-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:20:04.03065Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:33.135986Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:10754-1","title":"ffmpeg-4-4.4-5.2 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the ffmpeg-4-4.4-5.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:02:00.506105Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:34.487567Z"}]}}