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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-5727): Ghostscript vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-5727): Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/16/2018
Created
01/11/2021
Added
01/08/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, there is an integer overflow vulnerability in the opj_t1_encode_cblks function (openjp2/t1.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted bmp file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscript
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgs9
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenjp2-7

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