CVE-2015-6823 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting FFmpeg versions prior to 2.7.2. It stems from uninitialized context data in the allocate_buffers function within libavcodec/alac.c, allowing remote attackers to trigger a segmentation fault or other unspecified impacts via crafted Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) data. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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