Division by zero in libjpeg - CVE-2018-11212

 

Division by zero in libjpeg - CVE-2018-11212

Published: January 17, 2019 / Updated: January 13, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17049
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11212
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The weakness exists due to division by zero error within the libjpeg library within the libjpeg-turbo in alloc_sarray() function of jmemmgr.c file. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file the to affected application and cause application to crash.

Affected software

libjpeg
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Ubuntu
Opensuse
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
Red Hat Satellite
Autodesk Infraworks
EMC Data Protection Advisor
Dell EMC Data Protection Search
xen (Alpine package)
openjdk8 (Alpine package)
java-1.7.1-ibm-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.1-ibm-demo (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.1-ibm (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-src (Red Hat package)
libjpeg62 (Ubuntu package)
Oracle Java SE
Java SE Embedded
Oracle Internet Directory
EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance
Data Computing Appliance (DCA)
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE)

How to mitigate CVE-2018-11212

Install update from vendor's website.

libjpeg - update to 9b
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor - update to 1.9.8
xen (Alpine package) - update to 4.6.6-r5
openjdk8 (Alpine package) - update to 8.201.08-r0
Autodesk Infraworks - addressed in versions 2021.2 Hotfix 9, 2023.1 Hotfix 1
java-1.7.1-ibm-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-demo (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.40-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.30-1jpp.1.el7
EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance - update to 2.3
Data Computing Appliance (DCA) - update to 3.5.3.0
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.0.3.0.5.014
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.0.3.0.5.014
libjpeg62 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6 b14ubuntu1+esm1
EMC Data Protection Advisor - addressed in versions 6.5 patch 136, 18.1 patch 74, 18.2 patch 26
Dell EMC Data Protection Search - update to 18.2.1

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