CVE-2015-1872 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Ffmpeg

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
FfmpegDebian FfmpegCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedJul 26
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:2.5.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:2.5.4-1+3
▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg2.5.3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qcq8-x6c3-9rx4: The ff_mjpeg_decode_sof function in libavcodec/mjpegdec↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-1872: The ff_mjpeg_decode_sof function in libavcodec/mjpegdec↗2015-07-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Libav vulnerabilities↗2016-04-04
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Debian
CVE-2015-1872: ffmpeg - The ff_mjpeg_decode_sof function in libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.4...↗2015
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