CVE-2019-20421

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20421
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-20421.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-20421
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Published
2020-01-27T05:15:10Z
Modified
2026-05-17T11:54:34Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27.2, an input file can result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "last_affected":  "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "19.10"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_FIELD",
            "vendor_product":  "canonical:ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "last_affected":  "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "10.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_FIELD",
            "vendor_product":  "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages