SB2023091154 - Denial of service in libjpeg-turbo
Published: September 11, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023091154
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29390)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read within the decompress_smooth_data() function in jdcoefct.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted image to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.