A vulnerability was found while fuzzing libbpg 0.9.7. It is a NULL pointer dereference issue due to missing check of the return value of function malloc in the BPG encoder. This vulnerability appeared while converting a malicious JPEG file to BPG.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148857
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97963
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/100
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2018-08-22
Updated: 2026-06-17
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.00556