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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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