Denial of service in Mozilla mozjpeg



| Updated: 2020-11-19
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-13790
CWE-ID CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 mozjpeg
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor Mozilla

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU28930

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13790

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in get_rgb_row() in rdppm.c via a malformed PPM input file. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

mozjpeg: 2.0.4 - 3.3.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/3de15e0c344d11d4b90f4a47136467053eb2d09a
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/433


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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