What is CVE-2019-13960?

CVE-2019-13960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libjpeg-Turbo, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-07-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-13960?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-13960 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Libjpeg-Turbo

CVE-2019-13960

In libjpeg-turbo 2.0.2, a large amount of memory can be used during processing of an invalid progressive JPEG image containing incorrect width and height values in the image header. NOTE: the vendor's expectation, for use cases in which this memory usage would be a denial of service, is that the application should interpret libjpeg warnings as fatal errors (aborting decompression) and/or set limits on resource consumption or image sizes

EPSS: 0.010 (57.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libjpeg-turbo — versions 2.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13960?: CVE-2019-13960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libjpeg-Turbo, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-07-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-13960?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-13960 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.