VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-13790
libjpeg-turbo 2.0.4, and mozjpeg 4.0.0, has a heap-based buffer over-read in get_rgb_row() in rdppm.c via a malformed PPM input file.
HIGH 8.1EPSS 3.18%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
libjpeg-turbo 2.0.4, and mozjpeg 4.0.0, has a heap-based buffer over-read in get_rgb_row() in rdppm.c via a malformed PPM input file.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.18% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo · mozilla/mozjpeg
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00062.html
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/3de15e0c344d11d4b90f4a47136467053eb2d09aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/433Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P4D6KNUY7YANSPH7SVQ44PJKSABFKAUB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6563YHSVZK24MPJXGJVK3CQG7JVWZGK/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-03
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4386-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00062.html
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/3de15e0c344d11d4b90f4a47136467053eb2d09aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/433Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P4D6KNUY7YANSPH7SVQ44PJKSABFKAUB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6563YHSVZK24MPJXGJVK3CQG7JVWZGK/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-03
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4386-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.