Critical
Security advisory
jbig2_image_compose in jbig2_image.c in Artifex jbig2dec before 0.18 has a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-12268
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
jbig2_image_compose in jbig2_image.c in Artifex jbig2dec before 0.18 has a heap-based buffer overflow.
osv:CVE-2020-12268
Complete source record
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