6.5

CVE-2018-19542: canonical ubuntu_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-19542
Published 26-11-2018Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-19542 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.95%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5
DLA-1628-1MGASA-2019-0167OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1315-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10869-1SUSE-SU-2019:1018-1SUSE-SU-2019:2513-1

Timeline

  1. 26-11-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in JasPer 2.0.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function jp2_decode in libjasper/jp2/jp2_dec.c, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.95% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.95%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Jasper

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse2 products
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
Jasper_project1 product
Opensuse1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • jasper< 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3

6 vendors · 7 products

References

7 links