SB2012041110 - Buffer overflow in OpenJPEG
Published: April 11, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012041110
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1499)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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."
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/source/detail?r=1330
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082923.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083105.html
- http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/branches/openjpeg-1.5/NEWS
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-06.xml
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr12-004
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52654
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805912