#VU24203 Out-of-bounds read in libjpeg-turbo - CVE-2018-14498
Published: January 13, 2020 / Updated: January 13, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24203
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14498
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libjpeg-turbo
libjpeg-turbo
Software vendor:
The libjpeg-turbo Project
The libjpeg-turbo Project
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing a crafted 8-bit BMP in which one or more of the color indices is out of range for the number of palette entries within the get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, pass it to the application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00015.html
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9c78a04df4e44ef6487eee99c4258397f4fdca55
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/258
- https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/299
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00021.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7YP4QUEYGHI4Q7GIAVFVKWQ7DJMBYLU/