VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-36691
When encoding a malicous GIF file using cjxl, an attacker can trigger a denial of service.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.07%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.07%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.07% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-617
- Affected
- libjxl project/libjxl
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/422Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/422Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.