CVE-2019-12973: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In OpenJPEG 2.3.1, there is excessive iteration in the opj_t1_encode_cblks function of openjp2/t1.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted bmp file. This issue is similar to CVE-2018-6616.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.0 only; version 15.1 only
• Oracle Database Server: version 18c only
• Oracle Outside In Technology: version 8.5.4 only; version 8.5.5 only
• Uclouvain Openjpeg: version 2.3.1 only

Published 2019-06-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.