Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package openjpeg2  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1910-OPENJPEG2-583882
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed3 Sept 2018

Introduced: 3 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16376  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg2 package and not the openjpeg2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

An issue was discovered in OpenJPEG 2.3.0. A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the function t2_encode_packet in lib/openmj2/t2.c. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.