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Medium
CVE-2021-46822
The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of...
Vulnerability Description
The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
libjpeg-turbo
View all reports →Affected Software
libjpeg-turbo
Vulnerable Versions:
1.5.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 18th, 2022
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.