vulnerability

Alma Linux: CVE-2019-12973: Moderate: openjpeg2 security update (ALSA-2021-4251)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 26, 2019
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

In OpenJPEG 2.3.1, 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. This issue is similar to CVE-2018-6616.

Solutions

alma-upgrade-openjpeg2alma-upgrade-openjpeg2-develalma-upgrade-openjpeg2-devel-docsalma-upgrade-openjpeg2-tools
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