Bug 1542321 (CVE-2018-6616)

Summary: CVE-2018-6616 openjpeg2: Excessive iteration in openjp2/t1.c:opj_t1_encode_cblks can allow for denial of service via crafted BMP file
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Sam Fowler <sfowler>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: manisandro, mbenatto, nforro, rhel8-maint
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: openjpeg 2.3.1 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On: 1542322, 1542323, 1699100, 1699121    
Bug Blocks: 1696282    
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-02-06 05:32:58 UTC 
In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, there is excessive iteration in the opj_t1_encode_cblks function of openjp2/t1.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted bmp file.


Upstream Issue:

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1059
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-02-06 05:33:22 UTC 
Created openjpeg2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1542322]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1542323]
Comment 4 Marco Benatto 2019-04-11 19:18:52 UTC 
Created attachment 1554622 [details]
Upstream patch
Comment 9 Marco Benatto 2019-04-12 13:11:59 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and older versions as they didn't include support for openjpeg2.