CVE-2013-6629

Published: Nov 15, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-200

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

mozilla

oss-project·USaka mozilla corp.

firefoxOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

seamonkeyDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

thunderbirdOn-premDesktop App

Communications / email-server-client

google

commercial·USaka google llc, google inc

chromeOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

oracle

commercial·USaka oracle corp.

solarisOS

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

artifex

commercial·USaka artifex software

gpl ghostscript

OSS Libraries

libjpeg-turbo

oss-project

libjpeg-turboLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

fedoraproject

oss-project·USaka fedora project

fedoraOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

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References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0333.html

advisories.mageia.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-11/0080.html

archives.neohapsis.com

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=686980

bugs.ghostscript.com

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