CVE-2020-14152

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.

Published: 2020-06-15 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-14152 is rated Moderate Risk (56/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.17%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-14152

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-17 0.98% 1.17% +0.19%
2 2026-03-04 0.57% 0.98% +0.41%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.57% —

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-14152

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.2 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-14152

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-14152

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2020-14152 low priority: Debian including 2 source packages (libjpeg-turbo, libjpeg9), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14152
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14152
suse medium CVE-2020-14152 severity moderate: SUSE including 8 source package names (jpeg-6b-879.12.17.1, libjpeg-32bit-6.2.0-879.12.17.1, …), 67 product×package rows across 22 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, … (22 product lines)): Known Not Affected 61, Fixed 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14152/
ubuntu low CVE-2020-14152 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (libjpeg-turbo, libjpeg6b, libjpeg9), 51 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 26, ignored 10, needed 7, released 7, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14152

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-14152

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ijg libjpeg < 9d cpe:2.3:a:ijg:libjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-14152

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