CVE-2015-8661

high
Published 2015-12-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
8.3

Description

The h264_slice_header_init function in libavcodec/h264_slice.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.3 does not validate the relationship between the number of threads and the number of slices, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted H.264 data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
89%
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-2015-8661

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed7:2.8.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:2.8.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:2.8.3-1
debian debiansidfixed7:2.8.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:2.8.3-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg{"endIncluding":"2.8.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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