#VU20492 NULL pointer dereference in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-18088

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#VU20492 NULL pointer dereference in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-18088

Published: August 30, 2019 / Updated: December 29, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20492
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18088
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenJPEG
Software vendor:
openjpeg.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in the imagetopnm function of jp2/convert. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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