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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-14498: Security patch for libjpeg-turbo (ALAS-2019-1286)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-14498: Security patch for libjpeg-turbo (ALAS-2019-1286)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/07/2019
Created
09/21/2019
Added
09/19/2019
Modified
10/14/2022

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)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-libjpeg-turbo

References

  • ALAS-2019-1286
  • USN-4190-1
  • USN-5553-1
  • CVE-2018-14498

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