CVE-2017-17479

CRITICAL

OpenJPEG 2.3.0 - Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in pgxtoimage Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtoimage function in jpwl/convert.c. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly remote code execution.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1044

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0415
EPSS Percentile 89.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
uclouvain/openjpeg 2.3.0
Published Dec 08, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026