CVE-2012-3358

critical
Published 2012-07-18 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the j2k_read_sot function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG 1.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) tile number or (2) tile length in a JPEG 2000 image file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/49913

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
uclouvainopenjpeg1.5

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.