#VU24210 Division by zero in libjpeg-turbo - CVE-2018-1152
Published: January 13, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24210
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-1152
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libjpeg-turbo
libjpeg-turbo
Software vendor:
The libjpeg-turbo Project
The libjpeg-turbo Project
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide by zero error when processing a crafted BMP image. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application and crash it.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00015.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104543
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/43e84cff1bb2bd8293066f6ac4eb0df61ddddbc6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00015.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-2/
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-17