CVE-2017-17480

critical
Published 2017-12-08 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/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 pgxtovolume function in jp3d/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-2017-17480

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17480.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debian8.0affected
debian debian9.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu18.04affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.3.0-2
debian debianbullseyefixed2.3.0-2
debian debianforkyfixed2.3.0-2
debian debiansidfixed2.3.0-2
debian debiantrixiefixed2.3.0-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
uclouvainopenjpeg2.3.0

References

CWEs

CWE-787

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