CVE-2021-45928 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2021-45928?

CVE-2021-45928 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libjxl b02d6b9, as used in libvips 8.11 through 8.11.2 and other products, has an out-of-bounds write in jxl::ModularFrameDecoder::DecodeGroup (called from jxl::FrameDecoder::ProcessACGroup and jxl::ThreadPool::RunCallState<jxl::FrameDecoder::ProcessSections).

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-45928?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libjxl Project Libjxl.

How do I fix CVE-2021-45928?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-45928 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-45928 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45928 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

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• CVE-2026-1837 libjxl: Out-of-bounds write in grayscale color transformation when using LCMS2 High 8.7
• CVE-2023-35790 Integer overflow in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2021-36691 Denial of service in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2024-11403 Out of Bounds Memory Read/Write in libjxl Medium 6.9

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4m3c-5mq3-5qxq.