CVE-2017-14040
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
An invalid write access was discovered in bin/jp2/convert.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0, triggering a crash in the tgatoimage function. The vulnerability may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.3.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.3.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.3.0-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.3.0-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.3.0-1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| uclouvain | openjpeg | 2.2.0 | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100553
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/openjpeg-invalid-memory-write-in-tgatoimage-convert-c/
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/2cd30c2b06ce332dede81cccad8b334cde997281
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/995
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14040.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14040
CWEs
CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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