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Ubuntu: USN-5336-1 (CVE-2016-3616): libjpeg9 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5336-1 (CVE-2016-3616): libjpeg9 vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/13/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/12/2018
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

The cjpeg utility in libjpeg allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjpeg-progs
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjpeg-turbo8
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjpeg9

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