Fedora 29 update for mingw-openjpeg2, openjpeg2



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-5785
CWE-ID CWE-190
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

openjpeg2
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

mingw-openjpeg2
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU20493

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5785

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in opj_j2k_setup_encoder function (openjp2/j2k.c). A remote attacker can create a specially crafted bmp image, trigger integer overflow and crash the affected application.


Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 29

openjpeg2: before 2.3.0-9.fc29

mingw-openjpeg2: before 2.3.0-4.fc29

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-9954b282ec


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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