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CVE-2020-17541

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Libjpeg-turbo all version have a stack-based buffer overflow in the "transform" component. A remote attacker can send a malformed jpeg file to the service and cause arbitrary code execution or denial of service of the target service.

Affected products

• libjpeg-turbo: before 2.0.4 — fixed in 2.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: libjpeg-turbo 2.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/121.html
• https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/392
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/121.html
• https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/392

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