SB2017090515 - Buffer overflow in OpenJPEG
Published: September 5, 2017 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017090515
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14151)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An off-by-one error was discovered in opj_tcd_code_block_enc_allocate_data in lib/openjp2/tcd.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_mqc_flush in lib/openjp2/mqc.c and opj_t1_encode_cblk in lib/openjp2/t1.c) or possibly remote code execution.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100633
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/16/openjpeg-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-opj_mqc_flush-mqc-c/
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/afb308b9ccbe129608c9205cf3bb39bbefad90b9
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/982