Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-39517

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 September 2021

Published
20 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0026 49.5th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-39517 is a medium-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Jpeg Libjpeg. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 49.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-476

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

jpeg
libjpeg
≤ 2020021

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References