UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5479

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5479

    Published: 9 Oct 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5479
    Aliases:
    USN-2944-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5479, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2944-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5479

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libav

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libav@6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    6:0.8.7-1ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High