Denial of service in libjpeg-turbo

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU54092

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9092

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing Exif markers inside JPEG files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted JPEG file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libjpeg-turbo: 1.0.0 - 1.3.0

External links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147315.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147336.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150957.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150967.html
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26482&sid=81658bc2f51a8d9893279cd01e83783f
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/26/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71326
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169845
http://tapani.tarvainen.info/linux/convertbug/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-1/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-2/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.