Buffer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-21010

 

Buffer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-21010

Published: September 5, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30142
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-21010
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: openjpeg.org
Affected software:
OpenJPEG

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

OpenJPEG before 2.3.1 has a heap buffer overflow in color_apply_icc_profile in bin/common/color.c.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-21010

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources