VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-6988
It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (attempted excessive memory allocation) in opj_calloc in openjp2/opj_malloc.c, when called from opj_tcd_init_tile in openjp2/tcd.c, as demonstrated by the 64-bit opj_decompress.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.72%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.72%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenJPEG 2.3.0. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (attempted excessive memory allocation) in opj_calloc in openjp2/opj_malloc.c, when called from opj_tcd_init_tile in openjp2/tcd.c, as demonstrated by the 64-bit opj_decompress.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.72% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- uclouvain/openjpeg
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106785Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1178Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106785Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1178Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.