SB2018072310 - Denial of service in OpenJPEG
Published: July 23, 2018 Updated: January 3, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018072310
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Divide-by-zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14423)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to multiple division-by-zero conditions that exist in the pi_next_pcrl, pi_next_cprl, and pi_next_rpcl functions, as defined in the lib/openjp3d/pi.c source code file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file with an application that uses the affected library and cause the affected application to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.