Heap-based buffer overflow in libjpeg-turbo - CVE-2012-2806
Published: August 13, 2012 / Updated: November 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43734
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2806
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: The libjpeg-turbo Project
Affected software:
libjpeg-turbo
libjpeg-turbo
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the get_sos function in jdmarker.c in libjpeg-turbo 1.2.0. A remote attacker can use a large component count in the header of a JPEG image. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2806
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://libjpeg-turbo.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libjpeg-turbo?view=revision&revision=830
- http://osvdb.org/84040
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49883
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50753
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-13.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:121
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54480
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759802
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826849
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76952