MediumFix available
libjpeg-turbo — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libjpeg-turbo
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.5.3-r3, 1.5.3-r5
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-14498
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-14498
libjpeg-turbo
Fixed versions: 1.5.3-r3
libjpeg-turbo
Fixed versions: 1.5.3-r5
libjpeg-turbo
Fixed versions: 1.5.3-r5
Complete source record
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