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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-17480 json

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtovolume function in jp3d/convert.c.

published 2017-12-08 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8642

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.1%
EPSS 5.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17480

  • 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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17480

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

  • openjpeg Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +16 more 2.3.0-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-17480

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-2017-17480 updated cvss 5.3

openjpeg: Stack-buffer overflow in the pgxtovolume function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openjpeg, openjpeg-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openjpeg, openjpeg-libs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

5.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/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

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Sources

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