CVE-2020-14152

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: June 15, 2020 at 04:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:54 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxLibjpeg

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 9d
Affected range stops below 9d, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/727908
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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