CVE-2018-14423

Public Exploit

Description

Division-by-zero vulnerabilities in the functions pi_next_pcrl, pi_next_cprl, and pi_next_rpcl in lib/openjp3d/pi.c in OpenJPEG through 2.3.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.68% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00013.html issue tracking mailing list third party advisory
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1123 exploit third party advisory patch
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4405 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4109-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-14423?
CVE-2018-14423 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-14423?
To fix CVE-2018-14423, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-14423 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-14423 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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