NULL pointer dereference in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-18088
Published: August 30, 2019 / Updated: December 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20492
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18088
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: openjpeg.org
Affected software:
OpenJPEG
OpenJPEG
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in the imagetopnm function of jp2/convert. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-18088
Install update from vendor's website.