Vulnerability · Published Mar 10, 2021 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2021-20205

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Libjpeg-turbo. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Libjpeg-turbo versions 2.0.91 and 2.0.90 is vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability caused by a divide by zero when processing a crafted GIF image.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20libjpeg-turbo2.1.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-20205
Alpine:v3.21libjpeg-turbo2.1.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-20205
Alpine:v3.22libjpeg-turbo2.1.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-20205
Alpine:v3.23libjpeg-turbo2.1.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-20205
Alpine:v3.24libjpeg-turbo2.1.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-20205

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Libjpeg-turbo 2.0.90 and 2.0.91

References