UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5479

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5479
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5479.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5479
Upstream
  • CVE-2015-5479
Related
  • USN-2944-1
Published
2015-10-09T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T10:11:43.777456Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The ffh263decode_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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libav

Package

Name
libav
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libav@6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

Affected versions

6:0.*
6:0.8.7-1ubuntu2
6:9.*
6:9.10-1ubuntu1
6:9.10-1ubuntu2
6:9.10-1ubuntu5
6:9.10-1ubuntu6
6:9.10-1ubuntu7
6:9.11-2ubuntu1
6:9.11-2ubuntu2
6:9.13-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.14-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.16-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libav-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra-54"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavcodec54"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavdevice-extra-53"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavdevice53"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-extra-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavfilter3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavformat-extra-54"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavformat54"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavresample1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavutil-extra-52"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libavutil52"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libswscale-extra-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libswscale2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5479.json"