CVE-2017-17480

CRITICAL

OpenJPEG 2.3.0 - Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in pgxtovolume Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1044
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00018.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4405
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4109-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0513
EPSS Percentile 91.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
uclouvain/openjpeg 2.3.0
Published Dec 08, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026