CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-39515

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 20, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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
MEDIUM
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An issue was discovered in libjpeg through 2020021. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function SampleInterleavedLSScan::ParseMCU() located in sampleinterleavedlsscan.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibjpegJpeg*2020021 (including)
LibjpegUbuntufocal*
LibjpegUbuntutrusty*
LibjpegUbuntuupstream*
LibjpegUbuntuxenial*
Libjpeg-turboUbuntutrusty*
Libjpeg6bUbuntuhirsute*
Libjpeg6bUbuntutrusty*
Libjpeg6bUbuntuxenial*
Libjpeg9Ubuntuhirsute*
Libjpeg9Ubuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References