Excessive Iteration Affecting libjpeg8-devel package, versions <8.1.2-5.7.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.14% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBJPEG8DEVEL-2755063
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed22 Mar 2019

Introduced: 22 Mar 2019

CVE-2018-11813  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-834  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libjpeg8-devel to version 8.1.2-5.7.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libjpeg8-devel package and not the libjpeg8-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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