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CVE-2019-6988

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-6988 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenJPEG 2.3.0, specifically in the opj_calloc function, which can lead to excessive memory allocation. This issue is triggered remotely when processing a crafted file, requiring user interaction to exploit. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openjpeg
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openjpeg
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: openjpeg

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-6988Low

openjpeg: DoS via memory exhaustion in opj_decompress

Jan 17, 2019

References

github.com / uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1178
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106785
Third Party Advisory