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)
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
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
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00015.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104543
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/43e84cff1bb2bd8293066f6ac4eb0df61ddddbc6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00015.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-2/
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-17
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in libjpeg-turbo
- OpenSUSE Linux update for libjpeg-turbo
- OpenSUSE Linux update for libjpeg-turbo
- Division by zero in libjpeg-turbo (Alpine package)
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)
- Fedora 28 update for libjpeg-turbo