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CVE-2012-2806
Heap-based buffer overflow in the get_sos function in jdmarker.c in libjpeg-turbo 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
High8.8EPSS 4.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the get_sos function in jdmarker.c in libjpeg-turbo 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large component count in the header of a JPEG image.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 54480 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:121 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759802 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 49883 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 50753 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 84040 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://libjpeg-turbo.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libjpeg-turbo?view=revision&revision=830 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- libjpegturbo-getsos-bo(76952) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-201209-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120717 libjpeg-turbo: Heap-based buffer overflow when decompressing corrupt JPEG images (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826849 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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