CVE-2017-14151

high
Published 2017-09-05 · 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

An off-by-one error was discovered in opj_tcd_code_block_enc_allocate_data in lib/openjp2/tcd.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow affecting opj_mqc_flush in lib/openjp2/mqc.c and opj_t1_encode_cblk in lib/openjp2/t1.c) or possibly remote code execution.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
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
uclouvainopenjpeg2.2.0

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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