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CVE-2015-8218 (GCVE-0-2015-8218)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-17 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:13
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Summary
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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CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2015-11-05 00:00
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