CVE-2026-120252
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CVE-2026-120252 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. imagecodecs 2023.1.23 through 2026.10.10 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the lossless JPEG Define Huffman Table parser in decode_jpegsof3(). Attackers can supply a crafted lossless JPEG whose DHT symbol counts wrap an 8-bit sum, overflowing the 32-entry HufVal and HufSz stack arrays and crashing the calling process..
Description
imagecodecs 2023.1.23 through 2026.10.10 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the lossless JPEG Define Huffman Table parser in decode_jpegsof3(). Attackers can supply a crafted lossless JPEG whose DHT symbol counts wrap an 8-bit sum, overflowing the 32-entry HufVal and HufSz stack arrays and crashing the calling process.
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Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| cgohlke | imagecodecs | >= 2023.1.23, <= 2026.10.10 |
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