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CVE-2018-14423

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14423 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenJPEG versions up to 2.3.0, including those in Debian Linux distributions, due to division-by-zero errors in specific functions within lib/openjp3d/pi.c. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to an application crash. 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
<= 2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0322 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-14423Low

openjpeg2: Division-by-zero vulnerabilities in lib/openjp3d/pi.c

Jul 16, 2018

References

github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1123
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00013.html
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4109-1
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4405
Third Party Advisory