CVE-2017-17480
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtovolume function in jp3d/convert.c. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly remote code execution.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
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 | — |
Ubuntu Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 18.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.3.0-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.3.0-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.3.0-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.3.0-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.3.0-2 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| uclouvain | openjpeg | 2.3.0 | |
References
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1044
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4109-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4405
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17480.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17480
CWEs
CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.