HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-2806

Libjpeg Turbo vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.8%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Heap-based buffer overflow in the get_sos function in jdmarker.c in libjpeg-turbo 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large component count in the header of a JPEG image.
Affected vendor
D.R.Commander
Affected product
Libjpeg Turbo
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2012-08-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-2806

  • Confirm whether D.R.Commander Libjpeg Turbo is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-2806.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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