Double Free in jpegoptim - CVE-2018-11416

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Double Free in jpegoptim - CVE-2018-11416

Published: May 24, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37111
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11416
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jpegoptim
Software vendor:
tjko (Timo Kokkonen)

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

jpegoptim.c in jpegoptim 1.4.5 (fixed in 1.4.6) has an invalid use of realloc() and free(), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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