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CVE-2018-19540

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-19540 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-787) affecting multiple versions of JasPer, an open-source JPEG-2000 codec. Specifically, the flaw exists in the jas_icctxtdesc_input function within libjasper/base/jas_icc.c. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a FAUCET Risk Score of 70/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0229 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: jasper
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mingw-jasper
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: jasper
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: jasper

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-19540Low

jasper: heap-based buffer overflow of size 1 in jas_icctxtdesc_input in libjasper/base/jas_icc.c

Jul 13, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00023.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00025.html
github.com / mdadams/jasper/issues/182
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00003.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html