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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-17479 json

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtoimage function in jpwl/convert.c.

published 2017-12-08 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8641

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtoimage function in jpwl/convert.c. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly remote code execution.

Patch / fix

  • openjpeg2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17479

  • openjpeg2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u3build0.16.04.1
  • openjpeg2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.3.0-2build0.18.04.1
  • openjpeg Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:1.5.2-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17479

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 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 2.1.0-4.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:1364-1

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-2017-17479 updated cvss 5.3

openjpeg: Stack-buffer overflow in the pgxtoimage function

  • 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

4.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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