CVE-2021-29390

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 56.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-08-22 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-10-04 16:11Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-03-29

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b6ee21c21e8fae0f2fb8c09b596d5b358b90ae2161b404e6b187106406c3ef0d

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1943797
• github.comhttps://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/blob/4e52b66f342a803d3b8099b79607e3158d3a241c/jdcoefct.c#L595
• github.comhttps://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commits/main/jdcoefct.c
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-d79ff22c5bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27NR3KG553CG6LGPMP6SHWEVHTYPL6RC/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-3bfb63f6d2https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-b427f54e68https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/vendor-advisory