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CVE-2018-14498
get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c in libjpeg-turbo through 1.5.90 and MozJPEG through 3.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium6.5EPSS 3.1%
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- mitre
Description
get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c in libjpeg-turbo through 1.5.90 and MozJPEG through 3.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted 8-bit BMP in which one or more of the color indices is out of range for the number of palette entries.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/258 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/299 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9c78a04df4e44ef6487eee99c4258397f4fdca55 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190318 [SECURITY] [DLA 1719-1] libjpeg-turbo security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-87e2fa8e0f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1118 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1343 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3705 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-4190-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200731 [SECURITY] [DLA 2302-1] libjpeg-turbo security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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