{"cve":"CVE-2015-6824","nvd":{"published":"2015-09-06T02:59:07.347","modified":"2026-06-17T00:31:28.997","status":"Modified","description":"The sws_init_context function in libswscale/utils.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 does not initialize certain pixbuf data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted video data.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://ffmpeg.org/security.html","http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5d44d5c220e12ca0cb7a4eceb0f74759cb13111","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00010.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","ffmpeg:ffmpeg"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-6824","score":0.02412,"percentile":0.84119,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}