SB2022051908 - Denial of service in OpenJPEG
Published: May 19, 2022 Updated: December 27, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022051908
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1122)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an invalid pointer initialization in the opj2_decompress program. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1368
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ROSN5NRUFOH7HGLJ4ZSKPGAKLFXJALW4/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MIWSQFQWXDU4MT3XTVAO6HC7TVL3NHS7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RMKBAMK2CAM5TMC5TODKVCE5AAPTD5YV/