Integer overflow in libjpeg-turbo - #VU23851
Published: December 31, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23851
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a signed integer overflow when attempting to decompress images with more than 715827882 pixels using the 64-bit C version of TJBench. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application, trigger integer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.