Denial of service in OpenJPEG
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2018-7648 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-120 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
OpenJPEG Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
| Vendor | openjpeg.org |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU11273
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7648
CWE-ID:
CWE-120 - Buffer overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the mj2/opj_mj2_extract.c source code file due to insufficient length checks of output prefixes. A local attacker can send a specially crafted prefix, which contains 50 or more characters via the command line, trigger buffer overflow condition and cause the service to crash.
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Vulnerable software versionsOpenJPEG: 2.3.0
External linkshttp://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1088
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
