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CVE-2021-27804

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-27804 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting JPEG XL (libjxl_project libjxl) through version 0.3.2. This flaw allows for writable memory corruption, potentially leading to severe consequences. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential future interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libjxl_project:libjxl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0399 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/161623/jpeg-xl-0.3.1-Memory-Corruption.html
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Mar/2
Third Party Advisory
gitlab.com / wg1/jpeg-xl/-/tags
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/03/01/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory