SB2019011114 - Fedora 29 update for mingw-libjpeg-turbo

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SB2019011114 - Fedora 29 update for mingw-libjpeg-turbo

Published: January 11, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2019011114
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19664)

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

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the put_pixel_rows() function in wrbmp.c, as demonstrated by djpeg. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20330)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the tjLoadImage() function in libjpeg-turbo 2.0.1. A remote attacker can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References