Out-of-bounds read in jpegoptim - CVE-2022-32325

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Out-of-bounds read in jpegoptim - CVE-2022-32325

Published: August 18, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79698
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-32325
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jpegoptim
Software vendor:
tjko (Timo Kokkonen)

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in jpegoptim.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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