CVE-2015-8662

high
Published 2015-12-24 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
7.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.3

Description

The ff_dwt_decode function in libavcodec/jpeg2000dwt.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.4 does not validate the number of decomposition levels before proceeding with Discrete Wavelet Transform decoding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JPEG 2000 data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed7:2.8.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:2.8.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:2.8.4-1
debian debiansidfixed7:2.8.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:2.8.4-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg{"endIncluding":"2.8.3"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.