CVE-2019-12973

MEDIUM

OpenJPEG 2.3.1 - Denial of Service via Excessive Iteration in opj_t1_encode_cblks

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108900
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00008.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0262
EPSS Percentile 83.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-834
Status published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
opensuse/leap 15.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
oracle/database_server 18c
oracle/outside_in_technology 8.5.4
oracle/outside_in_technology 8.5.5
uclouvain/openjpeg 2.3.1
Published Jun 26, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026