Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2014-0158
Published: April 10, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31330
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0158
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: openjpeg.org
Affected software:
OpenJPEG
OpenJPEG
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the JPEG2000 image tile decoder in OpenJPEG before 1.5.2. A remote attacker can use a crafted file because of incorrect j2k_decode to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0158
Update to version 1.5.2.