#VU110590 Buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2015-3395

Vulnerability identifier: #VU110590

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3395

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
FFmpeg
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The msrle_decode_pal4 function in msrledec.c in Libav before 10.7 and 11.x before 11.4 and FFmpeg before 2.0.7, 2.2.x before 2.2.15, 2.4.x before 2.4.8, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, related to a pixel pointer, which triggers an out-of-bounds array access.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FFmpeg: 2.0.6, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.6, 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, 2.2.10, 2.2.11, 2.2.12, 2.2.13, 2.2.14, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 2.6, 2.6.1

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External links
https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=f7e1367f58263593e6cee3c282f7277d7ee9d553
https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3288
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74433
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v11.4
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-08
https://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.