Information disclosure in Artifex Gpl Ghostscript
CVE-2013-6629
The get_sos function in jdmarker.c in (1) libjpeg 6b and (2) libjpeg-turbo through 1.3.0, as used in Google Chrome before 31.0.1650.48, Ghostscript, and other products, does not check for certain duplications of component data during the reading of segments that follow Start Of Scan (SOS) JPEG markers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized memory locations via a crafted JPEG image.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.097 (95.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.101 · newest: 0.097 · change: -0.004
Affected products
- Artifex Gpl Ghostscript
- Google Chrome
- Libjpeg-Turbo
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.3
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 12.10
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 18, 19, 20
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-11/0080.html (mailing-list, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/63676 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1804.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00120.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-6629?
- CVE-2013-6629 is a vulnerability in Artifex Gpl Ghostscript, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2013-11-19.
- Is CVE-2013-6629 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.