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openjpeg: Stack-buffer overflow in the pgxtoimage function

Published Dec 8, 2017

Description

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtoimage function in jpwl/convert.c. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly remote code execution.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue affects the versions of openjpeg as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

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Weaknesses (2)

CWE-121

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

References (5)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 8, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Dec 8, 2017
Link CVE-2017-17479
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2017-17479
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Dec 8, 2017
Links CVE-2017-17479 - Bugzilla