#VU63450 Access of Uninitialized Pointer in OpenJPEG - CVE-2022-1122
Published: May 19, 2022 / Updated: December 27, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63450
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2022-1122
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenJPEG
OpenJPEG
Software vendor:
openjpeg.org
openjpeg.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an invalid pointer initialization in the opj2_decompress program. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1368
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ROSN5NRUFOH7HGLJ4ZSKPGAKLFXJALW4/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MIWSQFQWXDU4MT3XTVAO6HC7TVL3NHS7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RMKBAMK2CAM5TMC5TODKVCE5AAPTD5YV/