SB2017083126 - Out-of-bounds write in OpenJPEG
Published: August 31, 2017 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017083126
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) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14039)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the opj_t2_encode_packet function in lib/openjp2/t2.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100550
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/openjpeg-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-opj_t2_encode_packet-t2-c/
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/c535531f03369623b9b833ef41952c62257b507e
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/992
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26