CVE-2018-14945
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in...
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function readFromBMP in jpeg_encoder.cpp.
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 heap-based buffer overflow in the function readFromBMP in jpeg_encoder.cpp.
- Record
CVE-2018-14945- 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 heap-based buffer overflow in the function readFromBMP in jpeg_encoder.cpp.
- Record
CVE-2018-14945- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-6827 No score
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function readFromBMP in jpeg_encoder.cpp.
- Record
EUVD-2018-6827- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-598h-m2wx-7jmv
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in...
An issue has been found in jpeg_encoder through 2015-11-27. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function readFromBMP in jpeg_encoder.cpp.
- Record
GHSA-598h-m2wx-7jmv- 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-2018-14945 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 1.05%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.