What is CVE-2014-9092?

CVE-2014-9092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libjpeg-Turbo, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2014-9092?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-9092 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Libjpeg-Turbo

CVE-2014-9092

libjpeg-turbo before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted JPEG file, related to the Exif marker.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-10-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libjpeg-Turbo
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 20, 21

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150967.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3706-2/ (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150957.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
tapani.tarvainen.info/linux/convertbug/ (Third Party Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147315.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3706-1/ (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/71326 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/26/8 (mailing-list, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9092?: CVE-2014-9092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libjpeg-Turbo, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2014-9092?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-9092 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.