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CVE-2018-19540

CVE-2018-19540HIGH

n/a n/a — An issue was discovered in JasPer 1.900.8, 1.900.9, 1.900.10, 1.900.11, 1.900.12, 1.900.13, 1.900.14, 1.900.15, 1.900.16, 1.900.17, 1.900…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    8.8   .0229   82.9     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Nov 25  Reserved by mitre
  Nov 26  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 15  ENRICHED — CVE-2018-19540. Received CVSS 8.8 and CPE data from NVD.
  Oct 15  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2018-19540. Public exploit reference added.

CWE-787 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.0 · 5 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

An issue was discovered in JasPer 1.900.8, 1.900.9, 1.900.10, 1.900.11, 1.900.12, 1.900.13, 1.900.14, 1.900.15, 1.900.16, 1.900.17, 1.900.18, 1.900.19, 1.900.20, 1.900.21, 1.900.22, 1.900.23, 1.900.24, 1.900.25, 1.900.26, 1.900.27, 1.900.28, 1.900.29, 1.900.30, 1.900.31, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.0.12, 2.0.13, 2.0.14, 2.0.15, 2.0.16. There is a heap-based buffer overflow of size 1 in the function jas_icctxtdesc_input in libjasper/base/jas_icc.c.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
November 25, 2018	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
November 26, 2018	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 15, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2018-19540. Received CVSS 8.8 and CPE data from NVD.
October 15, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2018-19540. Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-787

References (5)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00023.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00025.html
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/182 [Exploit, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00003.html [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Authoritative record: CVE-2018-19540 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-787

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2018-19540 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.