Information disclosure - CVE-2013-6629

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Information disclosure - CVE-2013-6629

Published: December 21, 2016 / Updated: April 12, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1644
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6629
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in get_sos() function in jdmarker.c file within the libjpeg and libjpeg-turbo libraries when processing JPEG files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafeted JPEG file and read parts of unallocated memory on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.


Affected software

Microsoft Windows
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Ubuntu
Oracle Solaris
Slackware Linux
Windows Server
Mono Framework
Microsoft Silverlight
libjpeg-turbo (Alpine package)
libjpeg-turbo8 (Ubuntu package)
libturbojpeg (Ubuntu package)
libjpeg62 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2013-6629

Install update from vendor's website.

libjpeg-turbo (Alpine package) - update to 1.2.1-r4
libjpeg-turbo8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.1.90+svn733-0ubuntu4.3, 1.2.1-0ubuntu2.12.10.1, 1.2.1-0ubuntu2.13.04.1, 1.3.0-0ubuntu1.1
libturbojpeg (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.1.90+svn733-0ubuntu4.3, 1.2.1-0ubuntu2.12.10.1, 1.2.1-0ubuntu2.13.04.1, 1.3.0-0ubuntu1.1
libjpeg62 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6b-15ubuntu1.1, 6b1-2ubuntu1.1, 6b1-2ubuntu2.1, 6b1-3ubuntu1.13.04.1, 6b1-3ubuntu1.13.10.1

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