CVE-2021-39514

An issue was discovered in libjpeg through 2020021. An uncaught floating point exception in the function ACLosslessScan::ParseMCU() located in aclosslessscan.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

Weakness

The product compares two entities in a security-relevant context, but the comparison is incorrect, which may lead to resultant weaknesses.

Affected Software

Extended Description

This Pillar covers several possibilities:

Related Attack Patterns

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References

• https://github.com/thorfdbg/libjpeg/issues/36
• https://github.com/thorfdbg/libjpeg/issues/36