#VU17049 Division by zero in libjpeg - CVE-2018-11212
Published: January 17, 2019 / Updated: January 13, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17049
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2018-11212
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libjpeg
libjpeg
Software vendor:
libjpeg.sourceforge.net
libjpeg.sourceforge.net
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to division by zero error within the libjpeg library within the libjpeg-turbo in alloc_sarray() function of jmemmgr.c file. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file the to affected application and cause application to crash.
The weakness exists due to division by zero error within the libjpeg library within the libjpeg-turbo in alloc_sarray() function of jmemmgr.c file. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file the to affected application and cause application to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.