CVE-2018-6616

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 04 Feb 2018, 22:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 06:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.29% LOW
0% probability +0.21%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Feb 2018, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 06:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.29%• Percentile: 52%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-400•Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

    The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    18.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

  • oracle•georaster

    18c

  • uclouvain•openjpeg

    2.3.0

References (5)