What is CVE-2022-31620?

CVE-2022-31620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libjpeg Project, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-05-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-31620?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Libjpeg Project

CVE-2022-31620

In libjpeg before 1.64, BitStream<false>::Get in bitstream.hpp has an assertion failure that may cause denial of service. This is related to out-of-bounds array access during arithmetically coded lossless scan or arithmetically coded sequential scan.

EPSS: 0.014 (69.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libjpeg_project Libjpeg
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31620?: CVE-2022-31620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libjpeg Project, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-05-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-31620?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.