Double Free in jpegoptim



| Updated: 2020-08-08
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-11416
CWE-ID CWE-415
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 jpegoptim
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor tjko (Timo Kokkonen)

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Double Free

EUVDB-ID: #VU37111

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11416

CWE-ID: CWE-415 - Double Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

jpegoptim.c in jpegoptim 1.4.5 (fixed in 1.4.6) has an invalid use of realloc() and free(), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

jpegoptim: 1.4.5

CPE2.3 External links

https://github.com/tjko/jpegoptim/blob/master/README
https://github.com/tjko/jpegoptim/issues/57


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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