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CVE-2020-35538
A crafted input file could cause a null pointer dereference in jcopy_sample_rows() when processed by libjpeg-turbo.
Medium5.5EPSS 0.29%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A crafted input file could cause a null pointer dereference in jcopy_sample_rows() when processed by libjpeg-turbo.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 79% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
libjpeg-turbo
- affected libjpeg-turbo 2.0.5 onwards
References (2)
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/441 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9120a247436e84c0b4eea828cb11e8f665fcde30 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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