jxl-oxide: Out-of-bounds writes due to integer overflow in jxl-grid on 32-bit platforms
jxl-oxide is a pure Rust implementation of a JPEG XL decoder. Prior to jxl-grid 0.6.2, decoding a crafted JPEG XL image on a 32-bit platform can overflow length calculations in AlignedGrid::with_alloc_tracker and related grid and subgrid arithmetic. A 65536 x 65536 frame can pass the frame-area limit while overflowing the usize element count, causing modular, VarDCT, or filter rendering paths to allocate a backing buffer smaller than the logical grid. A tiny bitstream-controlled cropped frame combined with a huge canvas or requested region can also reach the vulnerable composition path in crates/jxl-render/src/blend.rs through ordinary render_frame(). Later mutable subgrid and raw-pointer operations can then perform attacker-controlled out-of-bounds writes, causing memory corruption, denial of service, or arbitrary code execution. This issue is fixed in jxl-grid version 0.6.2.
- Published
- Aug 19, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 18, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 6th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-122
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Report tools
Action score
29
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 29 / 40 · 7.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
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CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · GitHub_M
- 7.3
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
tirr-c jxl-grid
- < 0.6.2affected
tirr-c jxl-oxide
- < 0.12.6affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | jxl-grid | from 0.0.0-0 · before 0.6.2 | 0.6.2 |
| crates.io | jxl-grid | before 0.6.2 | 0.6.2 |
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| crates.io:jxl-grid | 0.6.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
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Chain candidates
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
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Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer OverflowCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
nvd-secondary
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- github.com/tirr-c/jxl-oxide/commit/3986dadd3926a95656a642e74a0702d52f5c92e2
- github.com/tirr-c/jxl-oxide/releases/tag/0.12.6
- github.com/tirr-c/jxl-oxide/security/advisories/GHSA-5pmv-rx8r-wmv5
- rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0151.html
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