Description
A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in libjpeg-turbo in h2v2_merged_upsample_internal() function of jdmrgext.c file. The vulnerability can only be exploited with 12-bit data precision for which the range of the sample data type exceeds the valid sample range, hence, an attacker could craft a 12-bit lossless JPEG image that contains out-of-range 12-bit samples. An application attempting to decompress such image using merged upsampling would lead to segmentation fault or buffer overflows, causing an application to crash.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2804
Issue Tracking, Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2208447
Patch
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9f756bc67a84d4566bf74a0c2432aa55da404021
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/668#issuecomment-1492586118
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/675
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
23.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-122
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo
2.1.90
Published
May 25, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026