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high 8.8

CVE-2018-21010 json

OpenJPEG before 2.3.1 has a heap buffer overflow in color_apply_icc_profile in bin/common/color.c.

published 2019-09-05 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-13534

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenJPEG before 2.3.1 has a heap buffer overflow in color_apply_icc_profile in bin/common/color.c.

Patch / fix

  • uclouvain openjpeg 2.3.1
  • openjpeg2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-21010

  • openjpeg2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u5build0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-21010

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openjpeg SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLES 15 SP2-BCL +9 more 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
  • openjpeg2 SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +21 more 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1
  • openjpeg2 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +5 more 2.1.0-4.18.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:4082-1SUSE-SU-2022:3802-1SUSE-SU-2022:3801-1

  • openjpeg Alpine 3.8 2.3.0-r3
  • openjpeg Alpine 3.9 2.3.0-r4

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-21010

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-21010 updated cvss 8.1

openjpeg: heap buffer overflow in color_apply_icc_profile in bin/common/color.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openjpeg, openjpeg-libs
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “If the application accepts untrusted images there is no known mitigation apart from applying the patch.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openjpeg, openjpeg-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openjpeg2, openjpeg2-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 openjpeg2, openjpeg2-tools
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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