Integer overflow in libjpeg-turbo - CVE-2019-2201
Published: November 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22854
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-2201
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: The libjpeg-turbo Project
Affected software:
libjpeg-turbo
libjpeg-turbo
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in tjbench.c when handling JPEG images. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted JPEG image, pass it to the affected application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-2201
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y4QPASQPZO644STRFTLOD35RIRGWWRNI/
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-11-01
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156402
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/361
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/388