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: 7.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0158
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
OpenJPEG
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0158
Update to version 1.5.2.
OpenJPEG - update to 1.5.2