libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 considers only dimension differences, and not bits-per-pixel differences, when determining whether an image size has changed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted MJPEG data
Published Nov 5, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.40%
Description
libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFmpeg before 2.4.2 considers only dimension differences, and not bits-per-pixel differences, when determining whether an image size has changed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted MJPEG data.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 12.04
Configuration 2
- ≤ 2.4.1
- 0.3
- 0.3.1
- 0.3.2
- 0.3.3
- 0.3.4
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.2
- 0.4.3
- 0.4.4
- 0.4.5
- 0.4.6
- 0.4.7
- 0.4.8
- 0.4.9
- 0.5
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.5.4.5
- 0.5.4.6
- 0.5.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.3
- 0.7.4
- 0.7.5
- 0.7.6
- 0.7.7
- 0.7.8
- 0.7.9
- 0.7.11
- 0.7.12
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.8.5
- 0.8.5.3
- 0.8.5.4
- 0.8.6
- 0.8.7
- 0.8.8
- 0.8.10
- 0.8.11
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.10
- 0.10.3
- 0.10.4
- 0.11
- 0.11.1
- 0.11.2
- 0.11.3
- 0.11.4
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.7
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.2
- 2.2.4
- 2.3
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.40% (0.02395) | 83.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.40% (0.02395) | 81.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.71% (0.00712) | 70.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00649) | 80.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00649) | 79.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 20, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00649) | 77.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00458) | 71.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (4)
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5c378d6a6df8243f06c87962b873bd563e58cd39 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5c378d6a6df8243f06c87962b873bd563e58cd39 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.