Excessive Iteration Affecting openjpeg2 package, versions <2.3.1-1ubuntu4
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.34% (72nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2204-OPENJPEG2-2797013
- published 1 Jul 2019
- disclosed 26 Jun 2019
Introduced: 26 Jun 2019
CVE-2019-12973 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 openjpeg2 to version 2.3.1-1ubuntu4 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg2 package and not the openjpeg2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
In OpenJPEG 2.3.1, 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. This issue is similar to CVE-2018-6616.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-12973
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12973
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/8ee335227bbcaf1614124046aa25e53d67b11ec3
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/pull/1185/commits/cbe7384016083eac16078b359acd7a842253d503
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108900
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
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