CVE-2019-6988
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-6988
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/openjpeg2—no fix listed
Is CVE-2019-6988 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |