CVE-2018-11213 [Medium] | Denial of Service in Libjpeg

CVE-2018-11213 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.63%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.57% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	1.05%	2.63%	+1.57%
2	2026-04-27	0.91%	1.05%	+0.14%
3	2025-11-21	—	0.91%	—

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2026-06-15

1.05%

2.63%

+1.57%

2026-04-27

0.91%

1.05%

+0.14%

2025-11-21

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0.91%

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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]

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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]

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-11213

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	low	CVE-2018-11213 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-2018-11213
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11213
`ubuntu`	low	CVE-2018-11213 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 7, released 6, DNE 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11213

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-11213

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	17.10	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:::::::*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::

References for CVE-2018-11213

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2052
https://github.com/ChijinZ/security_advisories/tree/master/libjpeg-v9a	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00015.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3706-2/	Third Party Advisory

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CVE-2018-11213

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-11213

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-11213

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-11213

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OS Trackers for CVE-2018-11213

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-11213

References for CVE-2018-11213