NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libjpeg-turbo package, versions <1:2.0.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBJPEGTURBO-3016020
  • published3 Sept 2022
  • disclosed31 Aug 2022

Introduced: 31 Aug 2022

CVE-2020-35538  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 libjpeg-turbo to version 1:2.0.6-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libjpeg-turbo package and not the libjpeg-turbo package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

A crafted input file could cause a null pointer dereference in jcopy_sample_rows() when processed by libjpeg-turbo.

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