CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-39514

Incorrect Comparison

Published: Sep 20, 2021 | Modified: Oct 02, 2021
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libjpeg Jpeg * 2020021 (including)

Extended Description

This Pillar covers several possibilities:

References