Upstream information

CVE-2015-5479 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 949760 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2016:1685-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libav-tools >= 12.3-1.17
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10926

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Oct 9 14:21:17 2015
CVE page last modified: Sat Nov 1 20:13:06 2025