OpenJPEG CVE-2017-14040 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	100553
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2017-14040
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 30 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 30 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	Agostino Sarubbo of Gentoo.
Vulnerable:	OpenJPEG OpenJPEG 2.2.0
Not Vulnerable:

OpenJPEG CVE-2017-14040 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

OpenJPEG ia prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability.

Successful exploits may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

OpenJPEG CVE-2017-14040 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

OpenJPEG CVE-2017-14040 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

OpenJPEG CVE-2017-14040 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

References:

• OpenJPEG Homepage (OpenJPEG)
  
• invalid memory write in tgatoimage (convert.c) #995 (Github)
  
• openjpeg: invalid memory write in tgatoimage (convert.c) (Gentoo)
  
• tgatoimage(): avoid excessive memory allocation attempt, and fixes un�?� (Github)