CVE-2020-14152

libjpeg: improper handling of max_memory_to_use setting can lead to excessive memory consumption

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 11, 2020

Updated · November 22, 2025

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.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and further versions ships libjpeg-turbo which already contains the fixes, thus these products are not affected.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption