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Excessive Iteration

CVE-2019-12973

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

In OpenJPEG 2.3.1, there is excessive iteration in the opj_t1_encode_cblks function of openjp2/t1.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted bmp file. This issue is similar to CVE-2018-6616.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-834 - Excessive Iteration

The software performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published