# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-07 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/258
- https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/299
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9c78a04df4e44ef6487eee99c4258397f4fdca55
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00021.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7YP4QUEYGHI4Q7GIAVFVKWQ7DJMBYLU/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html
- 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://usn.ubuntu.com/4190-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html

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