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CVE-2018-19542

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-19542 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in JasPer 2.0.14, specifically within the jp2_decode function in libjasper/jp2/jp2_dec.c, affecting products like Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can lead to a denial of service, requiring user interaction and network access for exploitation. There is currently 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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:*:*:*

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
1.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0195 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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

Vendor Patches (4)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-19542Low

jasper: invalid access in jp2_decode in libjasper/jp2/jp2_dec.c

Jul 13, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / mdadams/jasper/issues/182
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html