Infinite loop in DjVuLibre - CVE-2019-15143
Published: September 30, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21451
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15143
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: DjVu
Affected software:
DjVuLibre
DjVuLibre
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in bitmap reader component in DjVuLibre, related to libdjvu/DjVmDir.cpp and libdjvu/GBitmap.cpp files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, pass it to the application using the affected library and perform denial of service conditions.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15143
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.