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Resource exhaustion via Stack overflow in libjxl

Type: advisorySources: OSV

There exists a stack buffer overflow in libjxl. A specifically-crafted file can cause the JPEG XL decoder to use large amounts of stack space (up to 256mb is possible, maybe 512mb), potentially exhausting the stack. An attacker can craft a file that will cause excessive memory usage. We recommend upgrading past commit 65fbec56bc578b6b6ee02a527be70787bbd053b0.

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CVEs
CVE-2024-11498
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4 Nov 2026, 22:14 UTC · Revision 1

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Resource exhaustion via Stack overflow in libjxl

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Nov 2024, 13:08 UTC

There exists a stack buffer overflow in libjxl. A specifically-crafted file can cause the JPEG XL decoder to use large amounts of stack space (up to 256mb is possible, maybe 512mb), potentially exhausting the stack. An attacker can craft a file that will cause excessive memory usage. We recommend upgrading past commit 65fbec56bc578b6b6ee02a527be70787bbd053b0.

osv:CVE-2024-11498
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11498",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Resource exhaustion via Stack overflow in libjxl",
    "summary": "There exists a stack buffer overflow in libjxl. A specifically-crafted file can cause the JPEG XL decoder to use large amounts of stack space (up to 256mb is possible, maybe 512mb), potentially exhausting the stack. An attacker can craft a file that will cause excessive memory usage. We recommend upgrading past commit 65fbec56bc578b6b6ee02a527be70787bbd053b0.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-11498",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                {
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              ],
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:40.165418455Z",
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/11xxx/CVE-2024-11498.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11498",
        "https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/pull/3943"
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        "cna_assigner": "Google",
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                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
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              }
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          },
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            "extracted_events": [
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                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
          }
        ],
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      }
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 507520,
  "published_at": "2024-11-25T13:08:07.14+00:00"
}