CVE-2015-8661
highpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The h264_slice_header_init function in libavcodec/h264_slice.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.3 does not validate the relationship between the number of threads and the number of slices, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted H.264 data.
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affected products (3)
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references (10)
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- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=4ea4d2f438c9a7eba37980c9a87be4b34943e4d5cnnvd
- http://www.ffmpeg.org/Patchcnnvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea4d2f438c9a7eba37980c9a87be4b34943e4d5enisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00004.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034539enisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea4d2f438c9a7eba37980c9a87be4b34943e4d5nvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00004.htmlnvd
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