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CVE-2017-14164 json

A size-validation issue was discovered in opj_j2k_write_sot in lib/openjp2/j2k.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0.

published 2017-09-06 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-5674

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.4%
EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A size-validation issue was discovered in opj_j2k_write_sot in lib/openjp2/j2k.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow affecting opj_write_bytes_LE in lib/openjp2/cio.c) or possibly remote code execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-14152.

Patch / fix

  • uclouvain openjpeg 2.3.0
  • openjpeg2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14164

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openjpeg2 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +4 more 2.1.0-4.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2649-1

  • openjpeg2 Package Hub 12 SP1, Package Hub 12 2.1.0-9.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2017:2685-1openSUSE-SU-2017:2686-1

  • openjpeg Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 2.2.0-r2
  • openjpeg Alpine 3.6, Alpine 3.5, Alpine 3.4 +1 more 2.2.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-14164

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-14164 updated cvss 5.3

openjpeg2: Heap-based buffer overflow in opj_write_bytes_LE

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openjpeg, openjpeg-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openjpeg, openjpeg-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/dcac91b8c72f743bda7dbfa9032356bc8110098a referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

Sources

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