CVE-2021-22564

MEDIUM

JPEG XL - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

For certain valid JPEG XL images with a size slightly larger than an integer number of groups (256x256 pixels) when processing the groups out of order the decoder can perform an out of bounds copy of image pixels from an image buffer in the heap to another. This copy can occur when processing the right or bottom edges of the image, but only when groups are processed in certain order. Groups can be processed out of order in multi-threaded decoding environments with heavy thread load but also with images that contain the groups in an arbitrary order in the file. It is recommended to upgrade past 0.6.0 or patch with https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/pull/775

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/pull/775
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/708

Scores

CVSS v3 4.5
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-122 CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
libjxl_project/libjxl < 0.6.0
Published Nov 01, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026