Resource Exhaustion Affecting libjpeg-turbo package, versions <1:1.5.2-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBJPEGTURBO-573027
  • published23 Jun 2020
  • disclosed15 Jun 2020

Introduced: 15 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-14152  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libjpeg-turbo to version 1:1.5.2-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

In IJG JPEG (aka libjpeg) before 9d, jpeg_mem_available() in jmemnobs.c in djpeg does not honor the max_memory_to_use setting, possibly causing excessive memory consumption.

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