High severity · published Mar 16, 2020
CVE-2019-20326
A heap-based buffer overflow in _cairo_image_surface_create_from_jpeg() in extensions/cairo_io/cairo-image-surface-jpeg.c in GNOME gThumb before 3.8.3 and Linux Mint Pix before…
7.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow in _cairo_image_surface_create_from_jpeg() in extensions/cairo_io/cairo-image-surface-jpeg.c in GNOME gThumb before 3.8.3 and Linux Mint Pix before 2.4.5 allows attackers to cause a crash and potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
GT
Gthumb · Gnome
before 3.8.3 · source: NVD
PI
Pix · Linuxmint
before 2.4.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20326
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20326
Exploit
https://github.com/Fysac/CVE-2019-20326
Patch
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gthumb/commit/4faa5ce2358812d23a1147953ee76f59631590ad
Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gthumb/commit/ca8f528209ab78935c30e42fe53bdf1a24f3cb44
Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gthumb/commits/master/extensions/cairo_io/cairo-image-surface-jpeg.c
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00027.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-05
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