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CVE-2022-1122

Public on 2022-03-29
Modified on 2023-01-18
Description

A flaw was found in the opj2_decompress program in openjpeg2 in the way it handles an input directory with a large number of files. When it fails to allocate a buffer to store the filenames of the input directory, it calls free() on an uninitialized pointer, leading to a segmentation fault and a denial of service.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core openjpeg2 2022-12-01 20:31 ALAS2-2022-1894
Amazon Linux 2023 openjpeg2 2023-02-17 20:44 ALAS2023-2023-040

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Red Hat: CVE-2022-1122 Mitre: CVE-2022-1122 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity