CVE-2023-27781

Exp

jpegoptim v1.5.2 was discovered to contain a heap overflow in the optimize function at jpegoptim.c.

Published: 2023-03-15 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-27781 is rated Exploit Available (57.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-27781

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-27781

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 2026-06-15 0.09% 0.39% +0.31%
2 2026-06-12 0.16% 0.09% -0.08%
3 2026-04-17 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-27781

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-27781

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-27781

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2023-27781 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (jpegoptim), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-27781
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-27781 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jpegoptim), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 8, ignored 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-27781

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-27781

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jpegoptim_project jpegoptim 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:jpegoptim_project:jpegoptim:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-27781

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