6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-20205
Libjpeg-turbo GIF Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

Libjpeg-turbo versions 2.0.91 and 2.0.90 is vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability caused by a divide by zero when processing a crafted GIF image.

INFO

Published Date :

March 10, 2021, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-20205 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Libjpeg-turbo libjpeg-turbo
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-20205 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-20205 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TM3AHZEYGYFEDL6AW5RLEAJNVRWEJDFL/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMLEY6HLVZAGXIOGGPPUAMRJUA6LB3FD/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TM3AHZEYGYFEDL6AW5RLEAJNVRWEJDFL/
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QMLEY6HLVZAGXIOGGPPUAMRJUA6LB3FD/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1937385 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1937385 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QMLEY6HLVZAGXIOGGPPUAMRJUA6LB3FD/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QMLEY6HLVZAGXIOGGPPUAMRJUA6LB3FD/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TM3AHZEYGYFEDL6AW5RLEAJNVRWEJDFL/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TM3AHZEYGYFEDL6AW5RLEAJNVRWEJDFL/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QMLEY6HLVZAGXIOGGPPUAMRJUA6LB3FD/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TM3AHZEYGYFEDL6AW5RLEAJNVRWEJDFL/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1937385 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1937385 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-369
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libjpeg-turbo:libjpeg-turbo:2.0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.13 }} 0.01%

score

0.47097

percentile

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