CVE-2015-1872
libav - security update
EPSS 0.73%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-1872
To remediate CVE-2015-1872, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ffmpeg—upgrade to 7:2.5.4-1 or later
- Debian/libav—upgrade to 6:11.12-1~deb8u6 or later
- —upgrade to 6:0.8.18-0+deb7u1 or later
Is CVE-2015-1872 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 7:2.5.4-1
- from 0, < 6:11.12-1~deb8u6
- from 0, < 6:0.8.18-0+deb7u1