CVE-2020-23852

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A heap 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 (line 544 & line 545), which could cause a denial of service by submitting a malicious jpeg image.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/rockcarry/ffjpeg/issues/28Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rockcarry/ffjpeg/issues/28Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 18, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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