CVE-2019-6988
CVE-2019-6988 is covered by the Red Hat CVE-2023-39328 security bulletin. Not in the CISA KEV catalog. Medium advisory severity. 1 advisory from Red Hat.
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CVE-2019-6988 key facts
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalog checked )
- Highest advisory severity
- Medium
- Vendor advisories
- 1 from Red Hat
- VulniPulse record
- Published
Is CVE-2019-6988 exploited?
No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2019-6988 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and no tracked advisory for it reports exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.
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Vendor advisory comparison
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1 advisory- Advisory severityMedium5.5
Medium [CVE-2019-6988 +1] Openjpeg: denail of service via crafted image file
CVE-2023-39328Source published Source updated
This bulletin covers 2 CVEs. The products, versions, score and guidance below describe the bulletin; check its source for applicability to this specific CVE.
A vulnerability was found in OpenJPEG similar to CVE-2019-6988. This flaw allows an attacker to bypass existing protections and cause an application crash through a maliciously crafted file. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-400. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: openjpeg2.
- Affected products in this advisory
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
1 more entries in the full advisory.
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
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