CVE-2015-1872: The ff_mjpeg_decode_sof function in libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.4 does not validate the number of components in a JPEG-LS Start Of Frame…

PriorityP429medium6.8CVSS 2.0

AVNACMAuNCPIPAP

EPSS

2.13%

80.0th percentile

The ff_mjpeg_decode_sof function in libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.4 does not validate the number of components in a JPEG-LS Start Of Frame segment, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Motion JPEG data.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
debian	ffmpeg	< ffmpeg 7:2.5.4-1 (bookworm)	ffmpeg 7:2.5.4-1 (bookworm)
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	<= 2.5.3	—
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:2.5.4-1	7:2.5.4-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:2.5.4-1	7:2.5.4-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:2.5.4-1	7:2.5.4-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:2.5.4-1	7:2.5.4-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv6.8MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.8MEDIUM

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