Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openjpeg2 package, versions <2.1.2-1.1+deb9u3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    2.25% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-OPENJPEG2-345798
  • published 8 Dec 2017
  • disclosed 8 Dec 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 openjpeg2 to version 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg2 package and not the openjpeg2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High