VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-23852

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.70%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in ffjpeg through 2020-07-02 in the jfif_decode(void *ctxt, BMP *pb) function at ffjpeg/src/jfif.c (line 544 & line 545), which could cause a denial of service by submitting a malicious jpeg image.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references