CVE-2022-32978 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via an assertion failure in libjpeg when processing a malformed JPEG-LS scan.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-32978?
CVE-2022-32978 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
There is an assertion failure in SingleComponentLSScan::ParseMCU in singlecomponentlsscan.cpp in libjpeg before 1.64 via an empty JPEG-LS scan.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-32978?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jpeg Libjpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2022-32978?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-32978 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-32978 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32978, GHSA-5p95-6qmc-hjqr, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-32978.