CVE-2020-35538

Summary

CVECVE-2020-35538
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-31 16:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-11-02 18:18:29 UTC
DescriptionA crafted input file could cause a null pointer dereference in jcopy_sample_rows() when processed by libjpeg-turbo.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.002860000 probability, percentile 0.211330000 (date 2026-11-02)

Problem Types: CWE-476 | CWE-476 CWE-476

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libjpeg-turbo Libjpeg-turbo 2.0.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Libjpeg-turbo affected libjpeg-turbo 2.0.5 onwards Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
jcopy_sample_rows() causes SIGSEGV · Issue #441 · libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Fix jpeg_skip_scanlines() segfault w/merged upsamp · libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo@9120a24 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198956 Ubuntu Security Notification for libjpeg-turbo Vulnerabilities (USN-5631-1)
  • 502735 Alpine Linux Security Update for libjpeg-turbo
  • 672344 EulerOS Security Update for libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2733)
  • 672370 EulerOS Security Update for libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2768)
  • 672432 EulerOS Security Update for libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2849)
  • 672470 EulerOS Security Update for libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2824)
  • 752640 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libjpeg-turbo (SUSE-SU-2022:3475-1)
  • 752653 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libjpeg-turbo (SUSE-SU-2022:3523-1)
  • 903724 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libjpeg-turbo (10816) (DEPRECATED)
  • 903839 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libjpeg-turbo (10824)
  • 904098 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libjpeg-turbo (10816-1)
  • 904132 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libjpeg-turbo (10824-1)

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