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CVE-2019-12973

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12973 describes an excessive iteration vulnerability in the opj_t1_encode_cblks function of OpenJPEG 2.3.1, affecting products like Debian, OpenSUSE, and Oracle. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by providing a specially crafted BMP file, leading to a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction and local access for exploitation, but its impact is high availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:18c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0260 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: openjpeg2-0:2.4.0-4.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-12973Low

openjpeg: denial of service in function opj_t1_encode_cblks in openjp2/t1.c

Jun 26, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/8ee335227bbcaf1614124046aa25e53d67b11ec3
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/pull/1185/commits/cbe7384016083eac16078b359acd7a842253d503
Broken Link
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202101-29
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/108900
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry