Ubuntu security notices
USN-4109-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities
USN-4109-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities openjpeg2 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in OpenJPEG. Software Description openjpeg2 – JPEG 2000 image compression/decompression library Details It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain PGX files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly remote code execution. (CVE-2017-17480) It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14423) It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain PNM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-18088) It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain BMP files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-5785, CVE-2018-6616) Update instructions [ more… ]