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CVE-2015-5479

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5479 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the ff_h263_decode_mba function of Libav's libavcodec/ituh263dec.c, affecting various Libav and openSUSE/Ubuntu distributions. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a divide-by-zero error and application crash by providing a specially crafted file with malicious dimensions, requiring user interaction. Rated 6.5 MEDIUM, this vulnerability has no known public exploits, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion, and is not on CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu:12.04:*:lts:*:*:*:*:*
<= 11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0198 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00105.html
Third Party Advisory
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2015/07/16/libav-divide-by-zero-in-ff_h263_decode_mba
Issue Tracking
git.libav.org
libav.org / releases/libav-11.5.changelog
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/75932
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2944-1
Third Party Advisory