CVE-2015-6826

Publication date 5 September 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

The ff_rv34_decode_init_thread_copy function in libavcodec/rv34.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted (1) RV30 or (2) RV40 RealVideo data.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ffmpeg	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
libav	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 4:0.8.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.2

Notes

mdeslaur

as of 2014-03-31, no equivalent fix in libav

ebarretto

as of 2018-09-27, no equivalent fix in libav, except for libav 0.8

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
ffmpeg	Upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=3197c0aa87a3b7190e17d49e6fbc7b554e4b3f0a