CVE-2017-14040

Published: Aug 30, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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 (3)

Products: Uclouvain: Openjpeg · Debian: Debian Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Uclouvain Openjpeg	Version 2.2.0

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 9.0

Related CWEs

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (10)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100553

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/openjpeg-invalid-memory-write-in-tgatoimage-convert-c/

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/2cd30c2b06ce332dede81cccad8b334cde997281

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/995

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013