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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-12268

jbig2_image_compose in jbig2_image.c in Artifex jbig2dec before 0.18 has a heap-based buffer overflow.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:29 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-12268

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Apr 2020, 02:15 UTC

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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