CVE-2017-14040
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 30, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxOpenjpeg
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
An invalid write access was discovered in bin/jp2/convert.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0, triggering a crash in the tgatoimage function. The vulnerability may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100553x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/openjpeg-invalid-memory-write-in-tgatoimage-convert-c/x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/2cd30c2b06ce332dede81cccad8b334cde997281x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/995CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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