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Incorrect Comparison

CVE-2021-39514

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in libjpeg through 2020021. An uncaught floating point exception in the function ACLosslessScan::ParseMCU() located in aclosslessscan.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-697 - Incorrect Comparison

The software compares two entities in a security-relevant context, but the comparison is incorrect, which may lead to resultant weaknesses.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published