Unvalidated Uncompressed Runs in FFmpeg's decode_uncompressed Function

CVE-2015-8218 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The decode_uncompressed function in libavcodec/faxcompr.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.2 does not validate uncompressed runs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted CCITT FAX data.

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