CVE-2020-17541

Publication date 1 June 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libjpeg-turbo 22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.0.3-0ubuntu1.20.04.3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.6
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.4.2-0ubuntu3.4+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm2

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Notes

mdeslaur

probably not exploitable, if it is, it's a DoS only https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/392#issuecomment-562332507

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libjpeg-turbo

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5553-1
    • libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities
    • 8 August 2022
    • USN-5631-1
    • libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities
    • 22 September 2022

Other references