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CVE-2017-15232 json

libjpeg-turbo 1.5.2 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in jdpostct.c and jquant1.c via a crafted JPEG file.

published 2017-10-11 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6692

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

libjpeg-turbo 1.5.2 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in jdpostct.c and jquant1.c via a crafted JPEG file.

Patch / fix

  • libjpeg-turbo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.0.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15232

  • libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15232

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • jpeg SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 6b-879.12.7.1
  • libjpeg-turbo SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 1.5.3-31.7.4
  • libjpeg62-turbo SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 1.5.3-31.7.4

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:1825-1SUSE-SU-2018:0373-1

  • libjpeg-turbo openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.2.2-65.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10952-1

  • libjpeg-turbo Alpine 3.7, Alpine 3.6, Alpine 3.5 1.5.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-15232

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-15232 updated cvss 3.3

libjpeg-turbo: NULL pointer dereference in jdpostct.c and jquant1.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libjpeg-turbo Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 turbojpeg, libjpeg-turbo, libjpeg-turbo-utils Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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Exploit prediction

2.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/268 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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