VDB-270356 · CVE-2023-39327 · EUVD-2023-43058

OpenJPEG infinite loop

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in OpenJPEG. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to infinite loop. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-39327. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenJPEG (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in OpenJPEG. Maliciously constructed pictures can cause the program to enter a large loop and continuously print warning messages on the terminal.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-39327 since 07/27/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207801 (ubuntu_linux USN-7037-1: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : OpenJPEG vulnerability (USN-7037-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (207801), EUVD (EUVD-2023-43058) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1530). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

Fedora Linux
Ubuntu Linux
SUSE Linux
SUSE openSUSE
Open Source OpenJPEG

Productinfo

Type

Image Processing Software

Name

OpenJPEG

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 207801
Nessus Name: ubuntu_linux USN-7037-1: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : OpenJPEG vulnerability (USN-7037-1)