Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libjpeg-turbo package, versions <1:2.0.5-1
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- published8 Sept 2026
- disclosed7 Mar 2019
Introduced: 7 Mar 2019
CVE-2018-14498 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest libjpeg-turbo to version 1:2.0.5-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libjpeg-turbo package and not the libjpeg-turbo package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2018-14498
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.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://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.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7YP4QUEYGHI4Q7GIAVFVKWQ7DJMBYLU/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4190-1/