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CVE-2020-35538

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A crafted input file could cause a null pointer dereference in jcopy_sample_rows() when processed by libjpeg-turbo.

Vendor / product: Libjpeg-turbo — libjpeg-turbo

A crafted input file could cause a null pointer dereference in jcopy_sample_rows() when processed by libjpeg-turbo.

CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2022-08-31 16:15
Modified: 2026-11-02 18:18
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

libjpeg-turbo / libjpeg-turbo 2.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9120a247436e84c0b4eea828cb11e8f665fcde30
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9120a247436e84c0b4eea828cb11e8f665fcde30

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC · record ↗

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