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CVE-2018-19543

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-19543 is a high-severity heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability (CWE-125) found in JasPer 2.0.14, specifically within the jp2_decode function. This flaw affects various distributions including Canonical, Debian, JasPer Project, and SUSE. Exploitation requires user interaction and local access, but could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jasper_project:jasper:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0155 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-19543Low

jasper: heap-based buffer over-read in jp2_decode() in jp2_dec.c

Jul 13, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00082.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00085.html
github.com / mdadams/jasper/issues/182
ExploitThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html