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CVE-2018-1152

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1152 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libjpeg-turbo versions 1.5.90 and earlier, affecting various distributions of Debian and Ubuntu Linux. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash the application by providing a specially crafted BMP image, leading to a divide-by-zero error. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to process the malicious image, and primarily impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.90CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libjpeg-turbo:libjpeg-turbo:1.5.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0345 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
bindvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
kerasvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
mitelvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (4)

mitelllm-mitel-80d3a77bbc795bb7MEDIUM

[R1] libturbo-jpeg Denial of Service

Jun 14, 2018
kerasllm-keras-4aa119e745f86ecfMEDIUM

[R1] libturbo-jpeg Denial of Service

Jun 14, 2018
bindllm-bind-1b8bd476e08af013MEDIUM

libturbo-jpeg Denial of Service

Jun 14, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-1152Low

libjpeg-turbo: Divide by zero allows for denial of service via crafted BMP image

Jun 13, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00015.html
github.com / libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/43e84cff1bb2bd8293066f6ac4eb0df61ddddbc6
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00015.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 3706-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3706-2
Third Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/research/tra-2018-17
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104543
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry