RHSA-2020:2971 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: jbig2dec security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · July 16, 2020
Updated · June 27, 2026
Topic
An update for jbig2dec is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
jbig2dec is a decoder implementation of the JBIG2 image compression format.
Security Fix(es):
- jbig2dec: heap-based buffer overflow in jbig2_image_compose in jbig2_image.c (CVE-2020-12268)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.