CVE-2017-14039

high
Published 2017-08-30 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VIR risk
8.8

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the opj_t2_encode_packet function in lib/openjp2/t2.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.3.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.3.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.3.0-1
debian debiansidfixed2.3.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.3.0-1
debian debian8.0affected
debian debian9.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
uclouvainopenjpeg{"endExcluding":"2.3.0"}2.3.0

References

CWEs

CWE-787

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