Vulnerability · Published Jun 15, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-14152
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the libjpeg-turbo package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In IJG JPEG (aka libjpeg) before 9d, jpeg_mem_available() in jmemnobs.c in djpeg does not honor the max_memory_to_use setting, possibly causing excessive memory consumption.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libjpeg-turbo | 1:1.5.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14152 |
| Debian:13 | libjpeg-turbo | 1:1.5.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14152 |
| Debian:14 | libjpeg-turbo | 1:1.5.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14152 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libjpeg6b | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14152 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libjpeg6b | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14152 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libjpeg6b | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14152 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libjpeg6b | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14152 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libjpeg6b | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14152 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/727908 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v9d.tar.gz x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200731 [SECURITY] [DLA 2302-1] libjpeg-turbo security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST