Executive Summary

A flaw in OpenJPEG allows maliciously crafted images to trigger an infinite loop that floods the terminal with warning messages, causing a denial‑of‑service by exhausting CPU and I/O resources. The issue does not involve remote code execution or data exfiltration but can disrupt service availability for affected systems.

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Authoritative CVE Metadata - CVSS Base Score: 4.3 (MEDIUM) - Published: 2024-07-13T03:15:09.347 - Last Modified: 2026-09-21T18:17:03.243

Original Description: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG. Maliciously constructed pictures can cause the program to enter a large loop and continuously print warning messages on the terminal.

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