CVE-2021-29338

MEDIUM

OpenJPEG 2.4.0 - Denial of Service via Integer Overflow in -ImgDir Option

Title source: llm

Description

Integer Overflow in OpenJPEG v2.4.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application, causing a Denial of Service (DoS). This occurs when the attacker uses the command line option "-ImgDir" on a directory that contains 1048576 files.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1338

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ54FGM2IGAP4AWSJ22JKHOPHCR3FGYU/

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QB6AI7CWXWMEDZIQY4LQ6DMIEXMDOHUP/

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-04

Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00002.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0157

EPSS Percentile 72.2%

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-190

Status published

Products (4)

debian/debian_linux 9.0

fedoraproject/fedora 33

fedoraproject/fedora 34

uclouvain/openjpeg 2.4.0

Published Apr 14, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026