CVE-2018-11212

Exp

An issue was discovered in libjpeg 9a and 9d. The alloc_sarray function in jmemmgr.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error) via a crafted file.

Published: 2018-05-16 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2018-11212 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.11%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-11212

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-11212

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-06 2.57% 2.11% -0.45%
2 2026-06-03 2.11% 2.57% +0.45%
3 2026-05-31 — 2.11% —

Full EPSS history (33 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-11212

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-11212

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-11212

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2018-11212: 2 source package rows (openjdk7, openjdk8); 10 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 10, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-11212
debian low CVE-2018-11212 low priority: Debian including 2 source packages (libjpeg-turbo, libjpeg9), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11212
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11212
suse low CVE-2018-11212 severity low: SUSE including 397 source package names (10.1.33-openjdk11-59.4:java-11-openjdk-11.0.2.0-3.18.1, 10.1.33-openjdk11-59.4:java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.2.0-3.18.1, …), 1083 product×package rows across 150 product lines (Container bci/openjdk, Container bci/openjdk-devel, … (150 product lines)): Fixed 755, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 97. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11212/
ubuntu low CVE-2018-11212 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (libjpeg-turbo, libjpeg6b, libjpeg9), 60 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 32, ignored 14, needed 6, released 5, needs-triage 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11212

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-11212

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ijg libjpeg 9a cpe:2.3:a:ijg:libjpeg:9a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_unified_manager >= 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
netapp oncommand_unified_manager >= 9.4 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp oncommand_workflow_automation — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snapmanager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:*:*:*:*:*:oracle:*:*
netapp snapmanager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:*:*:*:*:*:sap:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update201:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update192:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:8.0:update_191:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat satellite 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-11212

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00028.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00059.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00013.html
http://www.ijg.org/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106583 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0469 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0472 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0473 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0474 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0640 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2052
https://github.com/ChijinZ/security_advisories/tree/master/libjpeg-v9a Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/zzyyrr/divide-by-zero-in-libjpeg-9d.git
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190118-0001/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03958en_us
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html Patch Third Party Advisory
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