CVE-2018-14498

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.34%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/258 third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/299 third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9c78a04df4e44ef6487eee99c4258397f4fdca55 third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00021.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7YP4QUEYGHI4Q7GIAVFVKWQ7DJMBYLU/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00015.html vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2052 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3705 vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4190-1/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-14498?
CVE-2018-14498 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-14498?
To fix CVE-2018-14498, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-14498 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-14498 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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