CVE-2015-8662 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potential code execution via crafted JPEG 2000 data due to missing validation in FFmpeg.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-8662?

CVE-2015-8662 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 24 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8662?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8662?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-8662 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8662 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8662, GHSA-7w8c-c5qg-2948.

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