A specially-crafted file can cause libjxl's decoder to read pixel data from uninitialized (but allocated) memory.
This can be done by causing the decoder to reference an outside-image-bound area in a subsequent patches. An incorrect optimization causes the decoder to omit populating those areas.
{
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/12xxx/CVE-2025-12474.json",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-908"
],
"cna_assigner": "Google"
}{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libjxl_project:libjxl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"source": [
"AFFECTED_FIELD",
"CPE_RANGE"
],
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0.7"
},
{
"last_affected": "0.11.1"
},
{
"introduced": "0.7.0"
}
]
}