CVE-2018-14944
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a SEGV in the function...
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a SEGV in the function readFromBMP in jpeg_encoder.cpp. The signal is caused by an out-of-bounds write.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a SEGV in the function readFromBMP in jpeg_encoder.cpp. The signal is caused by an out-of-bounds write.
- Record
CVE-2018-14944- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a SEGV in the function readFromBMP in jpeg_encoder.cpp. The signal is caused by an out-of-bounds write.
- Record
CVE-2018-14944- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-6826 No score
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a SEGV in the function readFromBMP in jpeg_encoder.cpp. The signal is caused by an out-of-bounds write.
- Record
EUVD-2018-6826- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cx28-p23f-pwpq
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a SEGV in the function...
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a SEGV in the function readFromBMP in jpeg_encoder.cpp. The signal is caused by an out-of-bounds write.
- Record
GHSA-cx28-p23f-pwpq- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-14944 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Jpeg Encoder Project Encoder, published August 5, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.00%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.