vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/usn/USN-5553-1.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "USN-5553-1",
  "summary": "libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities",
  "details": "It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo was not properly handling EOF characters,\nwhich could lead to excessive memory consumption through the execution of a\nlarge loop. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice. (CVE-2018-11813)\n\nIt was discovered that libjpeg-turbo was not properly performing bounds\ncheck operations, which could lead to a heap-based buffer overread. If a user\nor automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This\nissue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-14498)\n\nIt was discovered that libjpeg-turbo was not properly limiting the amount of\nmain memory being consumed by the system during decompression or multi-pass\ncompression operations, which could lead to excessive memory consumption. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2020-14152)\n\nIt was discovered that libjpeg-turbo was not properly setting variable sizes\nwhen performing certain kinds of encoding operations, which could lead to a\nstack-based buffer overflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-17541)\n",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11813",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14498",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14152",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17541"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "published": "2022-08-08T12:06:20Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:52:56Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "libjpeg-turbo",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libjpeg-turbo@1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm2"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.3.0-0ubuntu1",
        "1.3.0-0ubuntu2",
        "1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1",
        "1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm1"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libjpeg-turbo-progs",
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjpeg-turbo-test",
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjpeg-turbo8",
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libturbojpeg",
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm2"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-11813",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-14498",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2020-14152",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2020-17541",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "libjpeg-turbo",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libjpeg-turbo@1.4.2-0ubuntu3.4+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.4.2-0ubuntu3.4+esm1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.3.0-0ubuntu2",
        "1.4.2-0ubuntu1",
        "1.4.2-0ubuntu2",
        "1.4.2-0ubuntu3",
        "1.4.2-0ubuntu3.1",
        "1.4.2-0ubuntu3.3",
        "1.4.2-0ubuntu3.4"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libjpeg-turbo-progs",
            "binary_version": "1.4.2-0ubuntu3.4+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjpeg-turbo-test",
            "binary_version": "1.4.2-0ubuntu3.4+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjpeg-turbo8",
            "binary_version": "1.4.2-0ubuntu3.4+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libturbojpeg",
            "binary_version": "1.4.2-0ubuntu3.4+esm1"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-11813",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2020-14152",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2020-17541",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5553-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11813"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14498"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14152"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-17541"
    }
  ]
}