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Vulnerability details: VCID-qs96-2s7h-r7fy
Vulnerability ID VCID-qs96-2s7h-r7fy
Aliases CVE-2019-12973
Summary In OpenJPEG 2.3.1, 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. This issue is similar to CVE-2018-6616.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-834 Excessive Iteration
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-12973.json
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00118 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
epss 0.00118 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
cvssv3 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12973
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12973
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1339
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-12973.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12973
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12973
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/8ee335227bbcaf1614124046aa25e53d67b11ec3
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/pull/1185/commits/cbe7384016083eac16078b359acd7a842253d503
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00008.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108900
1732270 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1732270
931292 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931292
ASA-202012-21 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202012-21
AVG-1339 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1339
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:18c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:18c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:outside_in_technology:8.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:outside_in_technology:8.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:outside_in_technology:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:outside_in_technology:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-12973 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12973
RHSA-2021:4251 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4251
USN-4497-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4497-1/
USN-USN-4782-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4782-1/
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-2019-12973.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:L/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-2019-12973
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-2019-12973
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 0.29304
EPSS Score 0.00105
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:30:46.048479+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.11/main.json 37.0.0