Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting djvulibre package, versions <3.5.27.1-10ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-DJVULIBRE-532455
  • published18 Aug 2019
  • disclosed18 Aug 2019

Introduced: 18 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-15143  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:19.04 djvulibre to version 3.5.27.1-10ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream djvulibre package and not the djvulibre package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:19.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In DjVuLibre 3.5.27, the bitmap reader component allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service error (resource exhaustion caused by a GBitmap::read_rle_raw infinite loop) by crafting a corrupted image file, related to libdjvu/DjVmDir.cpp and libdjvu/GBitmap.cpp.

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