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title: "CVE-2013-6369\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-6369

Publication date 11 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the jbg\_dec\_in function in libjbig/jbig.c in
JBIG-KIT before 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image
file.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| jbigkit | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2.0-2ubuntu4.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 2.0-2ubuntu1.13.10.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2.0-2ubuntu1.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6369)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6369)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-6369)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6369)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2190-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2190-1)
+ JBIG-KIT vulnerability
+ 1 May 2014

### Other references

* <https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/jbigkit/CHANGES>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6369>
