Buffer overflow in libjpeg-turbo - CVE-2014-9092
Published: June 14, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54092
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9092
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: The libjpeg-turbo Project
Affected software:
libjpeg-turbo
libjpeg-turbo
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing Exif markers inside JPEG files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted JPEG file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9092
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147315.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147336.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150957.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150967.html
- http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26482&sid=81658bc2f51a8d9893279cd01e83783f
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/26/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71326
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169845
- https://tapani.tarvainen.info/linux/convertbug/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-2/