Resource Exhaustion Affecting libjpeg-turbo-utils package, versions <0:1.2.90-8.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBJPEGTURBOUTILS-4925656
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Jun 2018

Introduced: 7 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-11813  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libjpeg-turbo-utils to version 0:1.2.90-8.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2052.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libjpeg-turbo-utils package and not the libjpeg-turbo-utils package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

libjpeg 9c has a large loop because read_pixel in rdtarga.c mishandles EOF.