CVE-2018-14498

libjpeg-turbo: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted 8-bit BMP in get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c leads to denial of service

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 20, 2018

Updated · January 14, 2026

Description

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 score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read