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Ubuntu 24.04: libjxl Important Denial of Service Threats USN-7637-1

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Essential patches for libjxl in Ubuntu 24.04 tackle vulnerabilities that could result in service interruptions.
Several security issues were fixed in libjxl.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libjxl.

Software Description:

- jpeg-xl: Reference codec implementation for JPEG XL compressed raster image format

Details:

It was discovered that libjxl did not perform proper bounds checking

when parsing Exif tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

cause libjxl to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-0645)

It was discovered that libjxl did not perform proper bounds checking

when decoding patches. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

cause libjxl to enter an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of

service. (CVE-2023-35790)

It was discovered that libjxl did not perform proper bounds checking

when performing JPEG recompression. An attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause libjxl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or

possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-11403)

It was discovered that libjxl incorrectly handled parsing certain image

files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cau...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important libjxl jpeg-xl

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libjpegxl-java                  0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1
  libjxl-tools                    0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1
  libjxl0.7                       0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7637-1

CVE-2023-0645, CVE-2023-35790, CVE-2024-11403, CVE-2024-11498

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7637-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important libjxl jpeg-xl

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jpeg-xl/0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1

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