Division by zero in libjpeg-turbo - CVE-2018-1152

 

Division by zero in libjpeg-turbo - CVE-2018-1152

Published: January 13, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24210
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1152
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to divide by zero error when processing a crafted BMP image. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application and crash it.


Affected software

libjpeg-turbo
libjpeg-turbo (Alpine package)
libjpeg-turbo
Opensuse
Fedora
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1152

Install updates from vendor's website.

libjpeg-turbo - update to 2.0.0
libjpeg-turbo (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.5.3-r1, 1.5.3-r2
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot - update to dsyte2z-9.65
libjpeg-turbo - update to 1.5.3-6.fc28
Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) - update to 2pet16d-2.5.13d

External References

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