CVE-2017-14040

8.8 HIGH

Published: August 30, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

An invalid write access was discovered in bin/jp2/convert.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0, triggering a crash in the tgatoimage function. The vulnerability may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100553

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/openjpeg-invalid-memory-write-in-tgatoimage-convert-c/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/2cd30c2b06ce332dede81cccad8b334cde997281

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/995

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013