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Ubuntu: USN-4109-1 (CVE-2018-6616): OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4109-1 (CVE-2018-6616): OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/04/2018
Created
08/24/2019
Added
08/22/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenjp2-7
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenjp3d7
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenjpip7

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