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CVE-2017-9614 json

The fill_input_buffer function in jdatasrc.c in libjpeg-turbo 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory ac…

published 2017-07-27 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18545

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.2%
EPSS 8.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The fill_input_buffer function in jdatasrc.c in libjpeg-turbo 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted jpg file. NOTE: Maintainer asserts the issue is due to a bug in downstream code caused by misuse of the libjpeg API

Patch / fix

  • libjpeg-turbo Arch Linux 1.5.2-1

arch linux advisories AVG-364

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-2017-9614 updated cvss 3.3

libjpeg-turbo: Invalid memory access in the fill_input_buffer function

  • 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”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-42391)

Exploit prediction

8.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42391 libjpeg-turbo 1.5.1 - Denial of Service dos, 2017-07-28
  • github.com https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/167 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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