Out-of-bounds write in Kakadu SDK - CVE-2017-2811
Published: April 24, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37161
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2811
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Kakadu Software
Affected software:
Kakadu SDK
Kakadu SDK
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
A code execution vulnerability exists in the Kakadu SDK 7.9's parsing of compressed JPEG 2000 images. A specially crafted JPEG 2000 file can be read by the program, and can lead to an out of bounds write causing an exploitable condition to arise.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2811
Install update from vendor's website.