CoreCVE
Back

HIGH

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

Published Dec 24, 2015

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (4)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 24, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Dec 23, 2015
Link CVE-2015-8661
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2015-8661
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2015-8661