CVE-2018-6616

Published: 04 February 2018

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, 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.

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 5.5

Status

Package Release Status
openjpeg2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.3.0-2)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
Released (2.3.0-2build0.18.04.1)
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus)
Released (2.1.2-1.1+deb9u3build0.16.04.1)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

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