CVE-2017-14164

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14164
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-06 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-02 19:51:00 UTC
DescriptionA size-validation issue was discovered in opj_j2k_write_sot in lib/openjp2/j2k.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_write_bytes_LE in lib/openjp2/cio.c) or possibly remote code execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-14152.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201710-26) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
heap-based buffer overflow in opj_write_bytes_LE (cio.c) (unfixed #985) · Issue #991 · uclouvain/openjpeg · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
openjpeg: heap-based buffer overflow in opj_write_bytes_LE (cio.c) (INCOMPLETE FIX FOR CVE-2017-14152) | agostino's blog MISC blogs.gentoo.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
opj_j2k_write_sot(): fix potential write heap buffer overflow (#991) · uclouvain/openjpeg@dcac91b · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
OpenJPEG CVE-2017-14164 Incomplete Fix Remote Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500466 Alpine Linux Security Update for openjpeg
  • 504223 Alpine Linux Security Update for openjpeg
  • 710394 Gentoo Linux OpenJPEG Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201710-26)
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