CVE-2020-14152

HIGH

libjpeg < 9d - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in jpeg_mem_available

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.gentoo.org/727908
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0149
EPSS Percentile 70.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
ijg/libjpeg < 9d
Published Jun 15, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026