CVE-2018-1152

libjpeg-turbo 1.5.90 is vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability caused by a divide by zero when processing a crafted BMP image.

Published: 2018-06-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-1152 is rated Moderate Risk (51.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.74%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-1152

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 2026-03-24 0.97% 0.74% -0.23%
2 2025-12-28 1.11% 0.97% -0.14%
3 2025-12-27 — 1.11% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-1152

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-2018-1152

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-1152

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2018-1152: 1 source package rows (libjpeg-turbo); 10 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 10, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-1152
debian low CVE-2018-1152 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libjpeg-turbo), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1152
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1152
suse medium CVE-2018-1152 severity moderate: SUSE including 310 source package names (0.38.1:libjpeg8-8.1.2-5.7.1, 0.45.0.7.7.1:libjpeg8-8.1.2-5.7.1, …), 479 product×package rows across 86 product lines (Container bci/openjdk, Container bci/openjdk-devel, … (86 product lines)): Fixed 248, Known Affected 231. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1152/
ubuntu low CVE-2018-1152 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libjpeg-turbo), 5 status rows across 5 suites (artful, bionic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1152

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-1152

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libjpeg-turbo libjpeg-turbo 1.5.90 cpe:2.3:a:libjpeg-turbo:libjpeg-turbo:1.5.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-1152

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