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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2018-14498 json

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…

published 2019-03-07 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-6414

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libjpeg-turbo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.0.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14498

  • libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.4.2-0ubuntu3.3
  • libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.3
  • libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14498

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  • libjpeg-turbo RHEL 8 1.5.3-10.el8
  • turbojpeg RHEL 8 1.5.3-10.el8
  • libjpeg-turbo-utils RHEL 8 1.5.3-10.el8
  • libjpeg-turbo RHEL 7 1.2.90-8.el7
  • turbojpeg RHEL 7 1.2.90-8.el7
  • libjpeg-turbo-utils RHEL 7 1.2.90-8.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:3705RHSA-2019:2052

  • libjpeg-turbo SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP4 +5 more 1.5.3-31.14.2
  • libjpeg62-turbo SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP4 +5 more 1.5.3-31.14.2
  • libjpeg-turbo SLE Module for Package Hub 15, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 1.5.3-5.7.1
  • libjpeg62-turbo SLE Module for Basesystem 15 1.5.3-5.7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1111-1SUSE-SU-2019:0711-1

  • libjpeg-turbo openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.5.3-lp150.4.3.2
  • libjpeg62-turbo openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.5.3-lp150.4.3.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:1118-1

  • libjpeg-turbo Rocky Linux 8 1.5.3-10.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2019:3705

  • libjpeg-turbo Alpine 3.7 1.5.3-r3
  • libjpeg-turbo Alpine 3.9, Alpine 3.8 1.5.3-r5

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-14498

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-14498 updated cvss 4.4

libjpeg-turbo: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted 8-bit BMP in get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c leads to denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libjpeg-turbo
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) turbojpeg-devel 1.5.3-10.el8, turbojpeg-debuginfo 1.5.3-10.el8, libjpeg-turbo-debuginfo 1.5.3-10.el8, libjpeg-turbo-debugsource 1.5.3-10.el8, libjpeg-turbo-utils-debuginfo 1.5.3-10.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) turbojpeg 1.5.3-10.el8, libjpeg-turbo 1.5.3-10.el8, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.5.3-10.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3705
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2052

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Exploit prediction

3.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/258 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/299 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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References

Sources

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