What is CVE-2015-8661?

CVE-2015-8661 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2015-12-24.

How severe is CVE-2015-8661?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg

CVE-2015-8661

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.019 (77.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Ffmpeg
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8661?: CVE-2015-8661 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2015-12-24.
How severe is CVE-2015-8661?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.