CVE-2018-16781 — ffjpeg.dll in ffjpeg before 2018-08-22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (FPE signal) via a progressive JPEG file that lacks an AC Huffman table

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ffjpeg.dll in ffjpeg before 2018-08-22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (FPE signal) via a progressive JPEG file that lacks an AC Huffman table

Published Sep 10, 2018

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.32%

Description

ffjpeg.dll in ffjpeg before 2018-08-22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (FPE signal) via a progressive JPEG file that lacks an AC Huffman table.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.32% 0.01325

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

EPSS probability 0.01325

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.32% (0.01325)	69.92th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.32% (0.01325)	69.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.15% (0.00148)	51.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 15, 2024	0.14% (0.00137)	49.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.14% (0.00137)	47.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.65% (0.00651)	18.22th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.65% (0.00651)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-682

CWE-755

References (1)

https://github.com/rockcarry/ffjpeg/issues/6
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/rockcarry/ffjpeg/issues/6		x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 10, 2018

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Sep 9, 2018

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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