What is CVE-2020-23851?

CVE-2020-23851 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rockcarry Ffjpeg, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-23851?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Rockcarry Ffjpeg

CVE-2020-23851

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in ffjpeg through 2020-07-02 in the jfif_decode(void *ctxt, BMP *pb) function at ffjpeg/src/jfif.c:513:28, which could cause a denial of service by submitting a malicious jpeg image.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Rockcarry Ffjpeg
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23851?: CVE-2020-23851 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rockcarry Ffjpeg, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-23851?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.