CVE-2018-19541
An issue was discovered in JasPer 1.900.8, 1.900.9, 1.900.10, 1.900.11, 1.900.12, 1.900.13, 1.900.14, 1.900.15, 1.900.16, 1.900.17, 1.900.18, 1.900.19, 1.900.20, 1.900.21, 1.900.22, 1.900.23, 1.900.24, 1.900.25, 1.900.26, 1.900.27, 1.900.28, 1.900.29, 1.900.30, 1.900.31, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.0.12, 2.0.13, 2.0.14, 2.0.15, 2.0.16. There is a heap-based buffer over-read of size 8 in the function jas_image_depalettize in libjasper/base/jas_image.c.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.8 (v3.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125
- EPSS score
- 2.8% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2018-11230)
- Published
- November 26, 2018
- NVD last modified
- October 15, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2018-11230 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 15, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- jasper project / jasper
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 - NSS Cryptographic Module - SUSE, LLC - FIPS 140 3216 - historical
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00025.html
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/182(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00003.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Last updated October 16, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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