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CVE-2015-3885 json

Integer overflow in the ljpeg_start function in dcraw 7.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a c…

published 2015-05-19 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-3920

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.4%
EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the ljpeg_start function in dcraw 7.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image, which triggers a buffer overflow, related to the len variable.

Patch / fix

  • kodi Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 16.0+dfsg1-1
  • dcraw Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 9.26-1
  • libraw Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.16.2-1
  • darktable Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6.7-1
  • freeimage Debian 13, Debian 12 3.15.4-6
  • exactimage Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.1-5
  • rawtherapee Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.2-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3885

  • libraw Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.15.4-1ubuntu0.1
  • freeimage Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3885

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libraw SLED 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP2, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3 +3 more 0.15.4-9.2
  • libraw SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 0.15.4-45.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:1380-1SUSE-SU-2017:2300-1

  • rawtherapee openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.8-5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10588-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3885 updated cvss 4.3

dcraw: input sanitization flaw leading to buffer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 dcraw, netpbm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 dcraw, netpbm, netpbm-progs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 dcraw, LibRaw, netpbm, libkdcraw, netpbm-progs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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