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CVE-2019-12973

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2019-06-26
WeaknessCWE-834

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2019-06-2618:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

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CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-12973?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Opensuse leap

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
15.0	= 15.0	no fix published	NVD
15.1	= 15.1	no fix published	NVD

Oracle outside in technology

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
8.5	= 8.5.4	no fix published	NVD
8.5	= 8.5.5	no fix published	NVD

Debian debian linux

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
9.0	= 9.0	no fix published	NVD

2 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

openjpeg2AlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2.4.0-4.el8and 3 other packages

Full record on NVD

Fix

Advisories and patches

github.comPatch

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.15.5read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.04.3read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-834read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.6 %2026-10-23
OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: 2019-06-26
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12973?

Is CVE-2019-12973 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-12973 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.6% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-12973?

CVE-2019-12973 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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