#VU21451 Infinite loop in DjVuLibre - CVE-2019-15143
Published: September 30, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21451
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
DjVuLibre
DjVuLibre
Software vendor:
DjVu
DjVu
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.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.