CVE-2015-8217

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The ff_hevc_parse_sps function in libavcodec/hevc_ps.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.2 does not validate the Chroma Format Indicator, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) data.

Affected products

FFmpeg: through 2.8.1

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93f30f825c08477fe8f76be00539e96014cc83c8
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00146.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93f30f825c08477fe8f76be00539e96014cc83c8
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00146.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html

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