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CVE-2022-34998

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-34998 is a high-severity global buffer overflow vulnerability affecting bitbanksoftware's JPEGDEC library, specifically within the JPEGDecodeMCU function. This flaw, rated 7.8 CVSSv3.1, can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requires user interaction, typically through a malicious JPEG file. While no active exploits, public exploit code, or significant community discussion have been observed, the vulnerability remains a potential risk for systems utilizing the affected library.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bitbanksoftware:jpegdec:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 23rd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

github.com / bitbank2/JPEGDEC/issues/41
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