VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-7648
The output prefix was not checked for length, which could overflow a buffer, when providing a prefix with 50 or more characters on the command line.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.64%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in mj2/opj_mj2_extract.c in OpenJPEG 2.3.0. The output prefix was not checked for length, which could overflow a buffer, when providing a prefix with 50 or more characters on the command line.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.64% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- uclouvain/openjpeg
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/cc3824767bde397fedb8a1ae4786a222ba860c8dPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1088Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/cc3824767bde397fedb8a1ae4786a222ba860c8dPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1088Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.