VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-6823
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-09-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
The allocate_buffers function in libavcodec/alac.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not initialize certain context data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) data.