CVE-2013-7015

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-12-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The flashsv_decode_frame function in libavcodec/flashsv.c in FFmpeg before 2.1 does not properly validate a certain height value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Flash Screen Video data.

Affected products

FFmpeg: through 2.0.1; 0.3, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 0.4.0 (+57)

References

http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/08/3
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2855
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/880c73cd76109697447fbfbaa8e5ee5683309446
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/2844
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/08/3
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2855
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/880c73cd76109697447fbfbaa8e5ee5683309446

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