CVE-2018-11214: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in libjpeg 9a. The get_text_rgb_row function in rdppm.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation fault) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 17.10 only; version 18.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Ijg Libjpeg: version 9a only

Published 2018-05-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.