Vulnerability CVE-2021-39520


Published: 2021-09-20

Description:
An issue was discovered in libjpeg through 2020021. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function BlockBitmapRequester::PushReconstructedData() located in blockbitmaprequester.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

Type:

CWE-476

(NULL Pointer Dereference)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
JPEG -> Libjpeg 

 References:
https://github.com/thorfdbg/libjpeg/issues/34

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