Stack-based Buffer Overflow in OpenJPEG Affects Remote Code Execution
CVE-2017-14041

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Uclouvain

Status
Openjpeg
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 August 2017

What is CVE-2017-14041?

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the pgxtoimage function in OpenJPEG, specifically in the convert.c file. This issue leads to an out-of-bounds write, which could potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service when processing specially crafted JPEG2000 images.

References

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/openjpeg-stack-ba...
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https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/e5285319229a...
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100555
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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