CVE-2018-19664

Publication date 29 November 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

libjpeg-turbo 2.0.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the put_pixel_rows function in wrbmp.c, as demonstrated by djpeg.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libjpeg-turbo 19.10 eoan
Fixed 2.0.2-0ubuntu1
19.04 disco
Fixed 2.0.1-0ubuntu2.2
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

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introduced by: https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/aa7459050d7a50e1d8a99488902d41fbc118a50f

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libjpeg-turbo

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4190-1
    • libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities
    • 13 November 2019

Other references