CVE-2018-6616

Summary

CVECVE-2018-6616
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-04 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-03 16:12:00 UTC
DescriptionIn OpenJPEG 2.3.0, there is excessive iteration in the opj_t1_encode_cblks function of openjp2/t1.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted bmp file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Georaster 18c All All All
Application Oracle Georaster 18c All All All
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg 2.3.0 All All All
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg 2.3.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 MISC www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4405-1 openjpeg2 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1614-1] openjpeg2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Excessive Iteration in opj_t1_encode_cblks (src/lib/openjp2/t1.c) · Issue #1059 · uclouvain/openjpeg · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
USN-4109-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500469 Alpine Linux Security Update for openjpeg
  • 504226 Alpine Linux Security Update for openjpeg
  • 752044 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openjpeg2 (SUSE-SU-2022:1252-1)
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