Heap-based Buffer Over-read and Application Crash in get_8bit_row in libjpeg-turbo and MozJPEG

Heap-based Buffer Over-read and Application Crash in get_8bit_row in libjpeg-turbo and MozJPEG

CVE-2018-14498 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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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