CVE-2018-11416 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in jpegoptim versions prior to 1.4.6, stemming from improper use of realloc() and free() functions in jpegoptim.c. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk where an unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger an application crash with user interaction, potentially leading to further unspecified impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jpegoptim_project:jpegoptim:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.