Is CVE-2020-13790 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-13790 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-13790?

CVE-2020-13790 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-13790?

CVE-2020-13790 has an EPSS score of 3.18% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-13790?

Upgrade libjpeg-turbo on debian 11 to 1:2.0.5-1 or later. Fixes are available for 21 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-13790

HIGHEPSS 86th pctl

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

libjpeg-turbo 2.0.4, and mozjpeg 4.0.0, has a heap-based buffer over-read in get_rgb_row() in rdppm.c via a malformed PPM input file.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

libjpeg-turboDebian

Fixed in:1:2.0.5-1CVE-2020-13790

libjpeg-turboRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turboRocky

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turbo-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turbo-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turbo-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turbo-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turbo-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turbo-develRocky

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turbo-utilsRocky

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turbo-utilsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turbo-utils-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turbo-utils-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

turbojpegRocky

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

turbojpegRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

turbojpeg-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

turbojpeg-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

turbojpeg-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

turbojpeg-develRocky

Fixed in:0:1.5.3-14.el8_10RHSA-2025:7540

libjpeg-turboUbuntu

Fixed in:1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm1USN-4386-1

Fixed in:1.4.2-0ubuntu3.4USN-4386-1

Fixed in:1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.4USN-4386-1

Fixed in:2.0.3-0ubuntu1.20.04.1USN-4386-1

libjpeg-turbo8Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm1USN-4386-1

Fixed in:1.4.2-0ubuntu3.4USN-4386-1

Fixed in:1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.4USN-4386-1

Fixed in:2.0.3-0ubuntu1.20.04.1USN-4386-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

3.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

github.com

Other references7

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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