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Medium ALSA-2024:2295 1 CVE

Moderate: libjpeg-turbo security update

Published Apr 30, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The libjpeg-turbo packages contain a library of functions for manipulating JPEG images. They also contain simple client programs for accessing the libjpeg functions. These packages provide the same functionality and API as libjpeg but with better performance.

Security Fix(es):

* libjpeg-turbo: heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability in decompress_smooth_data in jdcoefct.c (CVE-2021-29390)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 libjpeg-turbo 2.0.90-7.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 libjpeg-turbo-devel 2.0.90-7.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 libjpeg-turbo-utils 2.0.90-7.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 turbojpeg 2.0.90-7.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 turbojpeg-devel 2.0.90-7.el9

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    libjpeg-turbo version 2.0.90 has a heap-based buffer over-read (2 bytes) in decompress_smooth_data in jdcoefct.c.

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29390
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2235521
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2295.html