Integer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2021-29338
Published: May 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63449
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29338
CWE-ID: CWE-190
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 attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when using the command line option "-ImgDir" on a directory that contains 1048576 files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-29338
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1338
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QB6AI7CWXWMEDZIQY4LQ6DMIEXMDOHUP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ54FGM2IGAP4AWSJ22JKHOPHCR3FGYU/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.html