CVE-2018-14498
libjpeg-turbo - security update
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-14498
To remediate CVE-2018-14498, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.5.3-r3 or later
- —upgrade to 1:2.0.5-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:1.3.1-12+deb8u2 or later
Is CVE-2018-14498 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.5.3-r3
- from 0, < 1:2.0.5-1
- from 0, < 1:1.3.1-12+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |