CVE-2015-3417

medium
Published 2015-04-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ff_h264_free_tables function in libavcodec/h264.c in FFmpeg before 2.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted H.264 data in an MP4 file, as demonstrated by an HTML VIDEO element that references H.264 data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3417

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e8714f6f93d1a32f4e4655209960afcf4c185214

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed7:2.6.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:2.6.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:2.6.1-1
debian debiansidfixed7:2.6.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:2.6.1-1
debian debian8.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg{"endIncluding":"2.3.5"}

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.