High severity · published Sep 5, 2019
CVE-2018-21010
OpenJPEG before 2.3.1 has a heap buffer overflow in color_apply_icc_profile in bin/common/color.c
8.8
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenJPEG before 2.3.1 has a heap buffer overflow in color_apply_icc_profile in bin/common/color.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openjpeg · Uclouvain
before 2.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21010
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-21010
Patch
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/2e5ab1d9987831c981ff05862e8ccf1381ed58ea
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00009.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
Patch
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
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