openjpeg: Out-of heap-based buffer write by processing palette information in certain JPEG 2000 images
Published Apr 11, 2012
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.08%
Description
The 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."
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of openjpeg as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.08% (0.05081) | 92.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 91.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.85% (0.03847) | 87.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 16.88% (0.16876) | 91.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.58% (0.04579) | 88.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.37% (0.07368) | 94.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.71% (0.06711) | 92.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.00% (0.07996) | 93.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.00% (0.07996) | 92.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.00% (0.07996) | 81.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/source/detail?r=1330 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082923.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083105.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/branches/openjpeg-1.5/NEWS x_refsource_MISC
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr12-004 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52654 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1499 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805912 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1499
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1499
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/source/detail?r=1330 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082923.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083105.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/branches/openjpeg-1.5/NEWS | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-06.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr12-004 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52654 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1499 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805912 | x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1499 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1499 |
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