CVE-2015-6761

Upstream information

CVE-2015-6761 at MITRE

Description

The update_dimensions function in libavcodec/vp8.c in FFmpeg through 2.8.1, as used in Google Chrome before 46.0.2490.71 and other products, relies on a coefficient-partition count during multi-threaded operation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (race condition and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted WebM file.

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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

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 950290 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2015:1816-1, published Sat, 24 Oct 2015 02:09:41 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2015:1867-1, published Mon, 2 Nov 2015 16:32:56 +0100 (CET)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
openSUSE Leap 15.0	chromium >= 66.0.3359.170-lp150.1.1	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA chromium-66.0.3359.170-lp150.1.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed	chromedriver >= 55.0.2883.75-3.1 chromium >= 55.0.2883.75-3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE Tumbleweed GA chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1