NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting openjpeg package, versions <2.3.0-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-OPENJPEG-1927324
  • published9 Oct 2018
  • disclosed9 Oct 2018

Introduced: 9 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18088  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 openjpeg to version 2.3.0-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg package and not the openjpeg package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenJPEG 2.3.0 has a NULL pointer dereference for "red" in the imagetopnm function of jp2/convert.c