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TI-2023-12412 Aliases CVE-2023-27781GHSA-9j85-mhfm-pjrc

jpegoptim v1.5.2 was discovered to contain a heap overflow in the optimize function at jpegoptim.c.

Priority HIGH 69CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

jpegoptim v1.5.2 was discovered to contain a heap overflow in the optimize function at jpegoptim.c.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00393 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jpegoptim_project:jpegoptim:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.2VulnerableJpegoptim Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:jpegoptim_project:jpegoptim:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.2 Vulnerable ·Jpegoptim Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-27781
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9j85-mhfm-pjrc

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-08145 jpegoptim.c in jpegoptim 1.4.5 (fixed in 1.4.6) has an invalid use of realloc() and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-14015 JPEGOPTIM v1.4.7 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation which is caused by a… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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