#VU37631 Integer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-5727

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#VU37631 Integer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-5727

Published: January 16, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37631
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5727
CWE-ID: CWE-190
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, there is an integer overflow vulnerability in the opj_t1_encode_cblks function (openjp2/t1.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted bmp file.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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