CVE-2012-2806

8.8 HIGH
Published: August 13, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the get_sos function in jdmarker.c in libjpeg-turbo 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large component count in the header of a JPEG image.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://libjpeg-turbo.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libjpeg-turbo?view=revision&revision=830
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Product
http://osvdb.org/84040
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/49883
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/50753
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Not Applicable
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-13.xml
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:121
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Not Applicable
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/3
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54480
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759802
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826849
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76952
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
VDB Entry
http://libjpeg-turbo.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libjpeg-turbo?view=revision&revision=830
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Product
http://osvdb.org/84040
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/49883
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/50753
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-13.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:121
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54480
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759802
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826849
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76952
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
VDB Entry

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.4%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787 CWE-787

Affected Vendors

d.r.commander

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