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Vulnerability details: VCID-kx3w-j8sd-eqex
Vulnerability ID VCID-kx3w-j8sd-eqex
Aliases CVE-2018-6616
Summary In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-6616.json
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
epss 0.00075 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
cvssv3 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6616
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6616
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-6616.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6616
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17480
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14423
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18088
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5785
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6616
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1059
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00013.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4405
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
1542321 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1542321
889683 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889683
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:georaster:18c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:georaster:18c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-6616 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6616
USN-4109-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4109-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-6616.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6616
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6616
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.2008
EPSS Score 0.00063
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:14:17.891806+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/4109-1/ 36.1.3