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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-14498): libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-14498): libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/07/2019
Created
11/16/2019
Added
11/14/2019
Modified
05/01/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjpeg-turbo-progs
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjpeg-turbo-test
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjpeg-turbo8
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libturbojpeg

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