Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting openjpeg2-devel-docs package, versions <0:2.4.0-4.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-OPENJPEG2DEVELDOCS-4131497
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Jan 2018

Introduced: 13 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5727  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 openjpeg2-devel-docs to version 0:2.4.0-4.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:4251.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg2-devel-docs package and not the openjpeg2-devel-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.