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 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

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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

Published Jul 26, 2015

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.13%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.13% 0.02125

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02125

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 (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.13% (0.02125)	81.24th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.13% (0.02133)	79.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.69% (0.00687)	70.04th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.89% (0.00887)	83.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.63% (0.00626)	78.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.63% (0.00626)	75.69th	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)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (5)

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fabbfaa095660982cc0bc63242c459561fa37037
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72644
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033078
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00041.html
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Link	Providers	Tags
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fabbfaa095660982cc0bc63242c459561fa37037		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72644		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033078		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00041.html		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 26, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Feb 17, 2015

Link CVE-2015-1872

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-1872

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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