Buffer overflow in libjpeg - CVE-2020-14153
Published: June 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29122
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14153
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 or disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in certain table pointers in "jdhuff.c" file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and gain access to sensitive information or cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Affected software
libjpeg
Ubuntu
libjpeg-progs (Ubuntu package)
libjpeg9 (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
libjpeg-progs (Ubuntu package)
libjpeg9 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-14153
Install updates from vendor's website.
libjpeg - update to 9d
libjpeg-progs (Ubuntu package) - update to 1:9b-1ubuntu1+esm1
libjpeg9 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1:9b-1ubuntu1+esm1
libjpeg-progs (Ubuntu package) - update to 1:9b-1ubuntu1+esm1
libjpeg9 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1:9b-1ubuntu1+esm1