Denial of service in jpegoptim



| Updated: 2023-08-18
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-32325
CWE-ID CWE-125
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 medium risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU79698

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2022-32325

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 a boundary condition in jpegoptim.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

jpegoptim: 1.4.0 - 1.4.7

CPE2.3 External links

https://github.com/tjko/jpegoptim/issues/107
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XRPXTW3IARYQVKZBPIPIEKABN7DSS5XY/


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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