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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVE-2022-37770

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

libjpeg commit 281daa9 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via LineMerger::GetNextLowpassLine at linemerger.cpp. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted file.

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

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled resource consumption

An uncontrolled resource allocation attack (also known as resource exhaustion attack) triggers unauthorized overconsumption of the limited resources in an application, such as memory, file system storage, database connection pool entries, and CPU. This may lead to denial of service for valid users and degradation of the application's functionality as well as that of the host operating system.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published