Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-32978
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the libjpeg package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
There is an assertion failure in SingleComponentLSScan::ParseMCU in singlecomponentlsscan.cpp in libjpeg before 1.64 via an empty JPEG-LS scan.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libjpeg | 0.0~git20220615.842c7ba-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32978 |
| Debian:13 | libjpeg | 0.0~git20220615.842c7ba-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32978 |
| Debian:14 | libjpeg | 0.0~git20220615.842c7ba-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32978 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libjpeg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-32978 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libjpeg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-32978 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libjpeg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-32978 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libjpeg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-32978 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libjpeg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-32978 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/thorfdbg/libjpeg/issues/75 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/thorfdbg/libjpeg/commit/4746b577931e926a49e50de9720a4946de3069a7 x_refsource_MISC