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title: "CVE-2015-3829\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-3829

Publication date 1 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Off-by-one error in the MPEG4Extractor::parseChunk function in
MPEG4Extractor.cpp in libstagefright in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I allows
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service
(integer overflow and memory corruption) via crafted MPEG-4 covr atoms with
a size equal to SIZE\_MAX, aka internal bug 20923261.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3829?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| android | 15.10 wily | Ignored |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

please see CVE-2015-1538 for details until more information is
public
Ubuntu 14.04 is affected but no supported images use it

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3829)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3829)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-3829)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3829)

### Other references

* <https://plus.google.com/+CyanogenMod/posts/7iuX21Tz7n8>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3829>