CVE-2021-36692

MEDIUM

libjxl v0.3.7 - Denial of Service via APNG Decoding

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libjxl v0.3.7 is affected by a Divide By Zero in issue in lib/extras/codec_apng.cc jxl::DecodeImageAPNG(). When encoding a malicous APNG file using cjxl, an attacker can trigger a denial of service.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/308
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/pull/313

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0118
EPSS Percentile 63.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-369
Status published
Products (1)
libjxl_project/libjxl 0.3.7
Published Aug 30, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026