Resource exhaustion in Oracle Georaster
CVE-2018-6616
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.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Oracle Georaster — versions 18c
- Uclouvain Openjpeg — versions 2.3.0
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 18.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00013.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4405 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4109-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1059 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-6616?
- CVE-2018-6616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Georaster, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-02-04.
- How severe is CVE-2018-6616?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-6616 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.