SB2020061712 - Multiple vulnerabilities in libjpeg
Published: June 17, 2020
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14151)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack or disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to mishandling EOF in "read_*_pixel()" function in "rdtarga.c" file in cjpeg. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and gain access to sensitive information or cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14152)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack or disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in "jpeg_mem_available()" function in "jmemnobs.c" file in djpeg. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and gain access to sensitive information or cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
3) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14153)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack or disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in certain table pointers in "jdhuff.c" file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and gain access to sensitive information or cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.