CVE-2012-1499

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1499
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-11 10:39:26 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe JPEG 2000 codec (jp2.c) in OpenJPEG before 1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette index in a CMAP record of a JPEG image, which triggers memory corruption, aka "out-of heap-based buffer write."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg 1.3 All All All
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
Microsoft Vulnerability Research Advisory MSVR12-004: JPEG 2000 Memory Overwrite Vulnerability in OpenJPEG Could Allow Arbitrary Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 technet.microsoft.com
OpenJPEG '.jpeg' File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: openjpeg-1.4-13.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenJPEG: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: openjpeg-1.4-13.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 805912 – CVE-2012-1499 openjpeg: Out-of heap-based buffer write by processing palette information in certain JPEG 2000 images af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openjpeg.googlecode.com
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