vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2020-12422: CVE-2020-12422 Mozilla: Integer overflow in nsJPEGEncoder::emptyOutputBuffer (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 9, 2020 | Aug 27, 2020 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 9, 2020
Added
Aug 27, 2020
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In non-standard configurations, a JPEG image created by JavaScript could have caused an internal variable to overflow, resulting in an out of bounds write, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
Solutions
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