CVE-2018-7648
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 2, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenjpeg
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An issue was discovered in mj2/opj_mj2_extract.c in OpenJPEG 2.3.0. The output prefix was not checked for length, which could overflow a buffer, when providing a prefix with 50 or more characters on the command line.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/cc3824767bde397fedb8a1ae4786a222ba860c8dx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1088CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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