{"id":"CVE-2015-6824","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-6824","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:56:15.712Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2015-09-06T02:59:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:31:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["ffmpeg/ffmpeg","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.02412,"percentile":0.84,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://ffmpeg.org/security.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5d44d5c220e12ca0cb7a4eceb0f74759cb13111","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00010.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://ffmpeg.org/security.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5d44d5c220e12ca0cb7a4eceb0f74759cb13111","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00010.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6824","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}