CVE-2017-15232 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

libjpeg-turbo 1.5.2 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in jdpostct.c and jquant1.c via a crafted JPEG file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00718.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Libjpeg-turbo	Libjpeg-turbo

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libjpeg-turbo:libjpeg-turbo:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6692	libjpeg-turbo 1.5.2 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in jdpostct.c and jquant1.c via a crafted JPEG file.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3706-1	libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/pull/182
https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/268
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15232
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-1/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15232

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0055}`	epss `{'score': 0.00718}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-11T03:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:50:16.363Z

Reserved: 2017-10-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-15232

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-11T03:29:00.197

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-15232

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-09-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-15232 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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