Heap-based buffer overflow in LEADTOOLS - CVE-2019-5125
Published: November 6, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22549
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5125
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LEAD Technologies, Inc.
Affected software:
LEADTOOLS
LEADTOOLS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the JPEG2000 parsing functionality. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted J2K image file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Note: This vulnerability affects LEADTOOLS version 20.0.2019.3.15.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5125
Vendor recommends to update to version 20.0.2019.3.20.