#VU20493 Integer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-5785 

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#VU20493 Integer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2018-5785

Published: August 30, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20493
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5785
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenJPEG
Software vendor:
openjpeg.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in opj_j2k_setup_encoder function (openjp2/j2k.c). A remote attacker can create a specially crafted bmp image, trigger integer overflow and crash the affected application.



Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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