CVE-2019-6988

Published: Jan 28, 2019Modified: Jun 17, 2026

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Uclouvain: Openjpeg

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Uclouvain Openjpeg	Version 2.3.0

Related CWEs

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106785

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1178

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106785

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1178

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitThird Party Advisory

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