CVE-2026-120252

Description

imagecodecs 2023.1.23 through 2026.10.10 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the lossless JPEG Define Huffman Table parser in decode_jpegsof3(). Attackers can supply a crafted lossless JPEG whose DHT symbol counts wrap an 8-bit sum, overflowing the 32-entry HufVal and HufSz stack arrays and crashing the calling process.

References

• https://github.com/cgohlke/imagecodecs
• https://github.com/cgohlke/imagecodecs/blob/v2026.10.10/3rdparty/jpegsof3/jpegsof3.cpp#L394
• https://github.com/cgohlke/imagecodecs/issues/157
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagecodecs-2023.1.23-through-2026.10.10-stack-buffer-overflow-via-jpegsof3-decode