Gentoo update for OpenJPEG

Published: 2022-09-07

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-29338 CVE-2022-1122
CWE-ID	CWE-190 CWE-824
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Gentoo Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system media-libs/openjpeg Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU63449

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29338

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when using the command line option "-ImgDir" on a directory that contains 1048576 files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
media-libs/openjpeg to version: 2.5.0

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

media-libs/openjpeg: before 2.5.0

External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-04

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Access of Uninitialized Pointer

EUVDB-ID: #VU63450