vulnerability

Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2020-17541)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 1, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Sep 22, 2025

Description

libjpeg-turbo before version 2.0.4 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the "transform" component. A remote attacker can send a malformed jpeg file to the service and cause arbitrary code execution or denial of service of the target service.

Note: according to upstream: "Given that the buffer overrun was fully contained within the stack and did not cause a segfault or other user-visible errant behavior, and given that the lossless transformer (unlike the decompressor) is not generally exposed to arbitrary data exploits, this issue did not likely pose a security risk.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest
Title
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