Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-44957

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 08 February 2022

Published
08 February 2022
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 0.0028 51.6th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-44957 is a medium-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Rockcarry Ffjpeg. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Global buffer overflow vulnerability exist in ffjpeg through 01.01.2021. It is similar to CVE-2020-23705. Issue is in the jfif_encode function at ffjpeg/src/jfif.c (line 708) could cause a Denial of Service by using a crafted jpeg file.

CWE(s)
CWE-120

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

rockcarry
ffjpeg
≤ 2021-01-01

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

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