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CVE-2018-14498

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14498 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability affecting libjpeg-turbo (through 1.5.90) and MozJPEG (through 3.3.1), potentially leading to a denial of service and application crash when processing a crafted 8-bit BMP image with out-of-range color indices. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to trigger the crash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.90CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libjpeg-turbo:libjpeg-turbo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0309 is in the 94th 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
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libjpeg-turbo-0:1.2.90-8.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libjpeg-turbo-0:1.5.3-10.el8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libjpeg-turbo

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-14498Moderate

libjpeg-turbo: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted 8-bit BMP in get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c leads to denial of service

Jul 20, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00015.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2052
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:3705
github.com / libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9c78a04df4e44ef6487eee99c4258397f4fdca55
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/258
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/299
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00021.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7YP4QUEYGHI4Q7GIAVFVKWQ7DJMBYLU
usn.ubuntu.com / 4190-1