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CVE-2018-11213 json

An issue was discovered in libjpeg 9a.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-3253

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in libjpeg 9a. The get_text_gray_row function in rdppm.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation fault) via a crafted file.

Patch / fix

  • libjpeg-turbo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.4.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11213

  • libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1
  • libjpeg9 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:9b-1ubuntu1+esm1
  • libjpeg6b Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 6b1-4ubuntu1+esm1
  • libjpeg6b Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:6b2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11213

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libjpeg-turbo RHEL 7 1.2.90-8.el7
  • turbojpeg RHEL 7 1.2.90-8.el7
  • libjpeg-turbo-utils RHEL 7 1.2.90-8.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2052

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-11213 updated cvss 5.3

libjpeg: Segmentation fault in get_text_gray_row function in rdppm.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libjpeg Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libjpeg-turbo
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) turbojpeg 1.2.90-8.el7, libjpeg-turbo-utils 1.2.90-8.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2052
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 turbojpeg, libjpeg-turbo, libjpeg-turbo-utils
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ChijinZ/security_advisories/tree/master/libjpeg-v9a referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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