CVE-2019-6988

openjpeg: DoS via memory exhaustion in opj_decompress

Published Jan 28, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-16539 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 8:38 PM
Reserved
Jan 28, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 28, 2019, 4:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:39 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 17, 2019, 12:00 AM