Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libjpeg-turbo package, versions <1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.37% (73rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBJPEGTURBO-1299083
- published 3 Jun 2021
- disclosed 1 Jun 2021
Introduced: 1 Jun 2021
CVE-2020-17541 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 libjpeg-turbo to version 1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm2 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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.