CVE-2019-6988

MEDIUM

OpenJPEG 2.3.0 - Denial of Service via Excessive Memory Allocation in opj_calloc

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenJPEG 2.3.0. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (attempted excessive memory allocation) in opj_calloc in openjp2/opj_malloc.c, when called from opj_tcd_init_tile in openjp2/tcd.c, as demonstrated by the 64-bit opj_decompress.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1178
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106785

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0172
EPSS Percentile 74.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (1)
uclouvain/openjpeg 2.3.0
Published Jan 28, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026