NULL pointer dereference in libjpeg - CVE-2016-3616

Vulnerability identifier: #VU24206

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-2016-3616

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the cjpeg utility in libjpeg. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

libjpeg
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
Data Computing Appliance (DCA)
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager

Install update from vendor's website.

libjpeg - update to 9c
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes - update to 2.0.0
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.7.25, 2.8.16, 2.9.12, 2.10.39
Data Computing Appliance (DCA) - update to 4.3.0.0

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2052
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318509
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319661
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00015.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-2/

• Amazon Linux AMI update for libjpeg-turbo
• Red Hat update for libjpeg-turbo
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC Data Computing Appliance (DCA)
• VMware Tanzu products update for libjpeg-turbo