Uninitialized Data Structures in sws_init_context Function in FFmpeg

CVE-2015-6824 · HIGH Severity

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

The sws_init_context function in libswscale/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not initialize certain pixbuf data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted video data.

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