Medium 6.5Published Mar 7, 2019

CVE-2018-14498get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c in libjpeg-turbo through 1.5.90 and MozJPEG through 3.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted 8-bit…

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get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c in libjpeg-turbo through 1.5.90 and MozJPEG through 3.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted 8-bit BMP in which one or more of the color indices is out of range for the number of palette entries.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-125
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

libjpeg-turbo libjpeg-turbo libjpeg-turbo:libjpeg-turbo	through 1.5.90	NVD
mozilla mozjpeg mozilla:mozjpeg	through 3.3.1	NVD
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	28	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	8.0	NVD
opensuse leap opensuse:leap	15.0	NVD

References

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00015.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2052
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3705
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9c78a04df4e44ef6487eee99c4258397f4fdca55	patch, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/258	exploit, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/299	exploit, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00021.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7YP4QUEYGHI4Q7GIAVFVKWQ7DJMBYLU/
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