First published: Mon Jul 09 2018(Updated: )
It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain malformed JPEG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG image, a remote attacker could cause libjpeg-turbo to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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All of | ||
ubuntu/libjpeg-turbo8 | <1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.1 | 1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.1 |
Ubuntu OpenSSH Client | =18.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/libjpeg-turbo8 | <1.5.2-0ubuntu5.17.10.1 | 1.5.2-0ubuntu5.17.10.1 |
Ubuntu OpenSSH Client | =17.10 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/libjpeg-turbo8 | <1.4.2-0ubuntu3.1 | 1.4.2-0ubuntu3.1 |
Ubuntu OpenSSH Client | =16.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/libjpeg-turbo8 | <1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1 | 1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1 |
Ubuntu OpenSSH Client | =14.04 |
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(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
The vulnerability ID for libjpeg-turbo is USN-3706-1.
The severity of USN-3706-1 is not specified.
Libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handles certain malformed JPEG images.
If exploited, the vulnerability can cause libjpeg-turbo to crash, resulting in a denial of service or possible code execution.
Upgrade to version 1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.1 for Ubuntu 18.04, 1.5.2-0ubuntu5.17.10.1 for Ubuntu 17.10, 1.4.2-0ubuntu3.1 for Ubuntu 16.04, or 1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1 for Ubuntu 14.04.