CVE-2015-1872: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

  • Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only
  • Ffmpeg Ffmpeg: up to and including 2.5.3

Published 2015-07-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.