CVE-2017-17480
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 5.1% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtovolume function in jp3d/convert.c. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly remote code execution.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.14% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-12-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| uclouvain | openjpeg |
References
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1044
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4109-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4405
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1044
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4109-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4405
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