An issue was discovered in libjpeg through 2020021. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function BlockBitmapRequester::ReconstructUnsampled() located in blockbitmaprequester.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.
https://github.com/thorfdbg/libjpeg/issues/33
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2021-09-20
Updated: 2021-09-24
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: 0.00258