High severity · published Sep 3, 2018
CVE-2018-16375
An issue was discovered in OpenJPEG 2.3.0
8.8
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenJPEG 2.3.0. Missing checks for header_info.height and header_info.width in the function pnmtoimage in bin/jpwl/convert.c can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openjpeg · Uclouvain
2.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16375
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16375
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105266
Patch
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1126
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