Out-of-Bounds Affecting libjpeg-turbo-devel package, versions <0:1.5.3-12.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBJPEGTURBODEVEL-4170532
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Jun 2021

Introduced: 1 Jun 2021

CVE-2020-17541  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 libjpeg-turbo-devel to version 0:1.5.3-12.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:4288.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libjpeg-turbo-devel package and not the libjpeg-turbo-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Libjpeg-turbo all version have a stack-based buffer overflow in the "transform" component. A remote attacker can send a malformed jpeg file to the service and cause arbitrary code execution or denial of service of the target service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1