TI-2023-17879 Aliases CVE-2023-35790 GHSA-c693-jh58-c8cm

An issue was discovered in dec_patch_dictionary.cc in libjxl before 0.8.2.

MEDIUM 40CWE-191Published 2023-06-16 · Updated 2024-12-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-191 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in dec_patch_dictionary.cc in libjxl before 0.8.2. An integer underflow in patch decoding can lead to a denial of service, such as an infinite loop.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00771 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:libjxl_project:libjxl::::::::	before 0.8.2	Vulnerable	libjxl

cpe:2.3:a:libjxl_project:libjxl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.8.2 Vulnerable ·libjxl

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-35790
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c693-jh58-c8cm

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/pull/2551

Other 1

https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/releases/tag/v0.8.2

TI-2021-09194 JPEG XL (aka jpeg-xl) through 0.3.2 allows writable memory corruption. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-00611 Out of Bounds read in libjxl CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2026-01512 libjxl: Out-of-bounds write in grayscale color transformation when using LCMS2 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2021-14837 libjxl v0.5.0 is affected by a Assertion failed issue in lib/jxl/image.cc… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-10649 Resource exhaustion via Stack overflow in libjxl CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2024-10566 Out of Bounds Memory Read/Write in libjxl CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9

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Sources

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