CVE-2012-2806
HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2786)
- Published
- August 13, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2786 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on January 21, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- d.r.commander / libjpeg-turbo
References
- http://libjpeg-turbo.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libjpeg-turbo?view=revision&revision=830(Product)
- http://osvdb.org/84040(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49883(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50753(Not Applicable)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-13.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:121(Not Applicable)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/3(Mailing List)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54480(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759802(Issue Tracking)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826849(Issue Tracking)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76952(VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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