Buffer overflow in libjpeg-turbo - CVE-2014-9092
Published: June 14, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54092
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-2014-9092
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.
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.
Affected software
libjpeg-turbo
Fedora
mingw-libjpeg-turbo
libjpeg-turbo
Fedora
mingw-libjpeg-turbo
libjpeg-turbo
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9092
Install updates from vendor's website.
libjpeg-turbo - update to 1.3.1
mingw-libjpeg-turbo - addressed in versions 1.3.1-4.el7, 1.3.1-4.fc21
libjpeg-turbo - update to 1.3.1-5.fc21
mingw-libjpeg-turbo - addressed in versions 1.3.1-4.el7, 1.3.1-4.fc21
libjpeg-turbo - update to 1.3.1-5.fc21
External References
- 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/