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Medium
CVE-2018-14498
get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c in libjpeg-turbo through 1.5.90 and MozJPEG through...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/258
- https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/299
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9c78a04df4e44ef6487eee99c4258397f4fdca55
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00021.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7YP4QUEYGHI4Q7GIAVFVKWQ7DJMBYLU/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00015.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2052
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3705
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4190-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html
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Affected Vendor
libjpeg-turbo
View all reports →Affected Software
libjpeg-turbo, mozjpeg, fedora, debian linux, leap
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 28, 8.0, 15.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 7th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.