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CVE-2015-3417

Published: 24 April 2015

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ff_h264_free_tables function in libavcodec/h264.c in FFmpeg before 2.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted H.264 data in an MP4 file, as demonstrated by an HTML VIDEO element that references H.264 data.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain media files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
doesn't appear to affected libav in precise

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
ffmpeg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable

bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Not vulnerable

lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (7:2.6.1-1)
utopic Does not exist

vivid Not vulnerable
(7:2.5.6-0ubuntu0.15.04.1)
wily Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Not vulnerable

zesty Not vulnerable

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e8714f6f93d1a32f4e4655209960afcf4c185214


libav
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Not vulnerable
(4:0.8.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
trusty
Released (6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (11.4)
utopic Ignored
(end of life)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

Patches:

upstream: https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=3b69f245dbe6e2016659a45c4bfe284f6c5ac57e
upstream: https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=964fef3f3ced60e67831549df223bc177e1537c9