What is CVE-2017-17479?

CVE-2017-17479 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Uclouvain Openjpeg, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-17479?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-17479 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Uclouvain Openjpeg

CVE-2017-17479

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.054 (90.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Uclouvain Openjpeg — versions 2.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17479?: CVE-2017-17479 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Uclouvain Openjpeg, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-17479?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-17479 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.