CVE-2015-5479 (GCVE-0-2015-5479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-19 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:50
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Summary
The ff_h263_decode_mba function in libavcodec/ituh263dec.c in Libav before 11.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a file with crafted dimensions.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-07-16 00:00
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