USN-5631-1

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    USN-5631-1

    Published: 22 Sept 2022Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain EOF characters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libjpeg-turbo to consume resource, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11813) It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain malformed jpeg files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libjpeg-turbo to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-17541, CVE-2020-35538) It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain malformed PPM files. An attacker could use this issue to cause libjpeg-turbo to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-46822)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5631-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11813, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-17541, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35538, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46822

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libjpeg-turbo

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.6

    Affected versions

    1.5.2-0ubuntu5
    1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.1
    1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.3
    1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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