Resource Exhaustion Affecting libopenjp2-7-32bit package, versions <2.3.0-150000.3.5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-LIBOPENJP2732BIT-2768570
  • published20 Apr 2022
  • disclosed19 Apr 2022

Introduced: 19 Apr 2022

CVE-2018-6616  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libopenjp2-7-32bit to version 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libopenjp2-7-32bit package and not the libopenjp2-7-32bit package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Scores

version 3.1