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libjpeg-turbo — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: ALPINE-CVE-2018-14498

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

ALPINE-CVE-2018-14498

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Mar 2019, 23:29 UTC

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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