#VU36741 Buffer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-16375 

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#VU36741 Buffer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-16375

Published: September 3, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU36741
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-16375
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenJPEG
Software vendor:
openjpeg.org

Description

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

An issue was discovered in OpenJPEG 2.3.0. Missing checks for header_info.height and header_info.width in the function pnmtoimage in bin/jpwl/convert.c can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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