Integer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-5785

Vulnerability identifier: #VU20493

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5785

CWE-ID: CWE-190

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

OpenJPEG
openjpeg (Alpine package)
openjpeg2 (Ubuntu package)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
mingw-openjpeg2
openjpeg2
openjpeg2-devel
libopenjp2-7-32bit
libopenjp2-7-32bit-debuginfo
openjpeg2-debugsource
openjpeg2-debuginfo
libopenjp2-7-debuginfo
libopenjp2-7
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
openSUSE Leap
Fedora

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

openjpeg (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.3.0-r2, 2.3.0-r3
openjpeg2 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.3.0-2build0.18.04.1
mingw-openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.3.0-4.fc27, 2.3.0-4.fc28, 2.3.0-4.fc29
openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.3.0-9.fc27, 2.3.0-9.fc28, 2.3.0-9.fc29
openjpeg2-devel - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
libopenjp2-7-32bit - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
libopenjp2-7-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
openjpeg2-debugsource - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
openjpeg2-debuginfo - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
openjpeg2 - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
libopenjp2-7-debuginfo - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
libopenjp2-7 - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1

• https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1057
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4109-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4405

• Denial of service in OpenJPEG
• Ubuntu update for OpenJPEG
• Integer overflow in openjpeg (Alpine package)
• SUSE update for openjpeg2
• Fedora 29 update for mingw-openjpeg2, openjpeg2
• Fedora 27 update for mingw-openjpeg2, openjpeg2
• Fedora 28 update for mingw-openjpeg2, openjpeg2