CVE-2021-46822

The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c.

Published: 2022-06-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-46822 is rated Low Risk (31.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-46822

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.16% 0.09% -0.07%
2 2025-11-18 0.05% 0.16% +0.11%
3 2023-11-29 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-46822

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-46822

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-46822

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2021-46822 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libjpeg-turbo), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46822
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46822
suse medium CVE-2021-46822 severity moderate: SUSE including 15 source package names (jpeg, libjpeg-turbo, …), 245 product×package rows across 45 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (45 product lines)): Known Not Affected 240, Fixed 5. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46822/
ubuntu low CVE-2021-46822 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libjpeg-turbo), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5, released 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46822

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-46822

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libjpeg-turbo libjpeg-turbo > 1.5.3, <= 2.0.90 cpe:2.3:a:libjpeg-turbo:libjpeg-turbo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-46822

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