CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2021-28026 — jpeg-xl v0.3.2 is affected by a heap buffer overflow in /lib/jxl/coeff_order.cc ReadPermutation
High
CVSS 7.8
jpeg-xl v0.3.2 is affected by a heap buffer overflow in /lib/jxl/coeff_order.cc ReadPermutation. When decoding a malicous jxl file using djxl, an attacker can trigger arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.8 (3.1)
- Published
- 2021-03-05
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Affected products
- jpeg / jpeg-xl / 0.3.2
Matched remediation archetype
Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption
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Check exposure
- Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
- Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
- Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.
Remediate safely
- Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
- Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
- Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.
Authoritative sources
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