Out-of-bounds array access vulnerability in FFmpeg's ff_mjpeg_decode_sof function

Out-of-bounds array access vulnerability in FFmpeg's ff_mjpeg_decode_sof function

CVE-2015-1872 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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