What is CVE-2012-2806?

CVE-2012-2806 is a high-severity vulnerability in D.r.commander Libjpeg-Turbo, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2012-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2012-2806?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2012-2806 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in D.r.commander Libjpeg-Turbo

CVE-2012-2806

Heap-based buffer overflow in the get_sos function in jdmarker.c in libjpeg-turbo 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large component count in the header of a JPEG image.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2012-08-13 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.048 (91.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.048 · newest: 0.048 · change: 0.000

Affected products

D.r.commander Libjpeg-Turbo — versions 1.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/54480 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Not Applicable)
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
secunia.com/advisories/49883 (Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/50753 (Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
osvdb.org/84040 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
libjpeg-turbo.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libjpeg-turbo (Product)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76952 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-13.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2806?: CVE-2012-2806 is a high-severity vulnerability in D.r.commander Libjpeg-Turbo, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2012-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2012-2806?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2012-2806 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.