CVE-2017-17479

critical

Published 2017-12-08 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtoimage function in jpwl/convert.c. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly remote code execution.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17479

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17479.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.3.0-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.3.0-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.3.0-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.3.0-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.3.0-2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
uclouvain	openjpeg	`2.3.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

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