Medium severity · published Mar 7, 2019
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 (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash)…
6.5
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
28 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libjpeg-turbo · Libjpeg-turbo
through 1.5.90 · source: NVD
MO
Mozjpeg · Mozilla
through 3.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14498
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14498
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00015.html
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2052
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3705
Patch
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9c78a04df4e44ef6487eee99c4258397f4fdca55
Exploit
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/258
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