CVE-2021-36691

HIGH

libjxl v0.5.0 - Denial of Service via Malicious GIF File Encoding

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libjxl v0.5.0 is affected by a Assertion failed issue in lib/jxl/image.cc jxl::PlaneBase::PlaneBase(). When encoding a malicous GIF file using cjxl, an attacker can trigger a denial of service.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/422

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0104
EPSS Percentile 59.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-617
Status published
Products (1)
libjxl_project/libjxl 0.5.0
Published Aug 30, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026