UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36691

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-36691
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36691.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36691
Upstream
Published
2021-08-30T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:47:15Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

libjxl v0.5.0 is affected by a Assertion failed issue in lib/jxl/image.cc jxl::PlaneBase::PlaneBase(). When encoding a malicous GIF file using cjxl, an attacker can trigger a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / jpeg-xl

Package

Name
jpeg-xl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jpeg-xl@0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.0-10ubuntu2
0.7.0-10.2ubuntu1
0.7.0-10.2ubuntu4
0.7.0-10.2ubuntu5
0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6
0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "This is just a DoS in out of memory conditions",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libjpegxl-java",
            "binary_version": "0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjxl-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjxl-devtools",
            "binary_version": "0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjxl-tools",
            "binary_version": "0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjxl0.7",
            "binary_version": "0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / jpeg-xl

Package

Name
jpeg-xl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jpeg-xl@0.11.1-4?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.3-4ubuntu1
0.10.4-1
0.10.4-2
0.11.1-1
0.11.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "This is just a DoS in out of memory conditions",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libjpegxl-java",
            "binary_version": "0.11.1-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjxl-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.11.1-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjxl-devtools",
            "binary_version": "0.11.1-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjxl-gdk-pixbuf",
            "binary_version": "0.11.1-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjxl-tools",
            "binary_version": "0.11.1-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjxl0.11",
            "binary_version": "0.11.1-4"
        }
    ]
}