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USN-7637-1: libjxl vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libjxl did not perform proper bounds checking when parsing Exif tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libjxl to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-0645) It was discovered that libjxl did not perform proper bounds checking when decoding patches. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libjxl to enter an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-35790) It was discovered that libjxl did not perform proper bounds checking when performing JPEG recompression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libjxl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-11403) It was discovered that libjxl incorrectly handled parsing certain image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libjxl to consume excessive amounts of memory, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-11498)

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