Denial of service in libjpeg-turbo

Published: 2022-09-22

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-35538
CWE-ID	CWE-476
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	libjpeg-turbo Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software
Vendor	The libjpeg-turbo Project

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU67589

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-35538

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the jcopy_sample_rows() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the affected application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libjpeg-turbo: 2.0.0 - 2.0.5

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:the_libjpeg-turbo_project:libjpeg-turbo:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9120a247436e84c0b4eea828cb11e8f665fcde30
http://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/441

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?