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CVE-2017-9614

43
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9614 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the fill_input_buffer function of libjpeg-turbo 1.5.1, affecting products like d.r.commander. A remote attacker can trigger an invalid memory access and application crash by providing a specially crafted JPG file, potentially leading to further unspecified impact. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB (EDB-42391), though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:d.r.commander:libjpeg-turbo:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42391 · Jul 28, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0815 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libjpeg-turbo
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libjpeg-turbo
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9614Low

libjpeg-turbo: Invalid memory access in the fill_input_buffer function

Jul 26, 2017

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/143518/libjpeg-turbo-1.5.1-Denial-Of-Service.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/66
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/167
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42391
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry