CVE-2018-11813 — libjpeg 9c has a large loop because read_pixel in rdtarga

libjpeg 9c has a large loop because read_pixel in rdtarga.c mishandles EOF.

01What is this vulnerability?

libjpeg 9c has a large loop because read_pixel in rdtarga.c mishandles EOF.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-06-06T03:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T08:17:09.185Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/ChijinZ/security_advisories/tree/master/libjpeg-v9c
• github.com — https://github.com/ChijinZ/security_advisories/blob/master/libjpeg-v9c/mail.pdf
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00015.html
• access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2052
• bugs.gentoo.org — https://bugs.gentoo.org/727908
• www.ijg.org — http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v9d.tar.gz