CVE-2020-14152 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause excessive memory consumption and denial of service in applications using libjpeg by exploiting a failure to honor memory limits.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-14152?
CVE-2020-14152 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 15 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
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.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14152?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Ijg Libjpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2020-14152?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-14152 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14152 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as AZL-45315, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14152, GHSA-q4xh-9r6f-9fg6, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14152.