CVE-2015-6825

no score yetEPSS 2.4%

ffmpeg ffmpeg: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ff_frame_thread_init function in libavcodec/pthread_frame.c in FFmpeg before 2.7.2 mishandles certain memory-allocation failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by an AVI file.

EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 84% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2015-09-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ffmpeg:ffmpeg

References

http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f1a38264f20382731cf2cc75fdd98f4c9a84a626
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033483
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html

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