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) 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 v3.0 NVD

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

3.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 88th percentile

Published

2019-03-07

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/2584446★ · 2026-10-13
• mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/2995732★ · 2025-06-23

Security advisories

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00021.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4190-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-9614
• CVE-2020-14153
• CVE-2020-17541
• CVE-2023-2804
• CVE-2017-15232
• CVE-2023-0163