Resource exhaustion in Uclouvain Openjpeg
CVE-2019-6988
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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
- Uclouvain Openjpeg — versions 2.3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1178 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106785 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-6988?
- CVE-2019-6988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Uclouvain Openjpeg, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-01-28.
- How severe is CVE-2019-6988?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-6988 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.