Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2018-11212 is a denial-of-service flaw in libjpeg 9a and 9d. A crafted image file can trigger a divide-by-zero error while memory for image data is allocated, causing affected software to crash. Business impact is mainly availability risk in services that process untrusted JPEG files. Exposure is most likely in servers, applications, appliances, or desktop systems that process untrusted JPEG images using vulnerable libjpeg 9a/9d or vendor-packaged affected libraries. Prioritize routine patching where image processing is internet-facing or business-critical. This is not evidenced as actively exploited in the bundle, but a crashable image parser can still disrupt upload, thumbnailing, scanning, or document workflows. Mitigation focus: Apply relevant OS or vendor security updates for libjpeg or libjpeg-turbo packages.; Check Ubuntu, Red Hat, Debian, openSUSE, and appliance vendor advisories for affected package versions.; Limit untrusted JPEG processing on exposed services until patched..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- USN-3706-2CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- RHSA-2019:0474CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- USN-3706-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190122 [SECURITY] [DLA 1638-1] libjpeg-turbo security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- RHSA-2019:0469CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2019:0473CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2019:0472CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2019:0640CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2019:1238CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2019:2052CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190118-0001/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/ChijinZ/security_advisories/tree/master/libjpeg-v9aCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03958en_usCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/zzyyrr/divide-by-zero-in-libjpeg-9d.gitCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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