| Name | CVE-2015-5479 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-644-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ffmpeg (PTS) | stretch (security) | 7:3.2.18-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7:3.2.19-0+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 7:4.1.11-0+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7:4.1.11-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7:4.3.7-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7:4.3.8-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 7:5.1.6-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 7:7.1-3 | fixed |
| libav (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 6:11.12-1~deb8u9 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ffmpeg | source | squeeze | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| libav | source | wheezy | 6:0.8.18-0+deb7u1 | | DLA-644-1 | |
| libav | source | jessie | 6:11.6-1~deb8u1 | | | |
| libav | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | | |
Notes
- ffmpeg <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[squeeze] - ffmpeg <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
[wheezy] - libav <no-dsa> (Minor issue, can be fixed along in a future DSA)
Patch in libav: https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=0a49a62f998747cfa564d98d36a459fe70d3299b
Fixed in libav 11.5