Invalid Pointer Access Vulnerability in FFmpeg

CVE-2015-6821 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The ff_mpv_common_init function in libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not properly maintain the encoding context, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted MPEG data.

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