Buffer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2012-1499
Published: April 11, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44140
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1499
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: openjpeg.org
Affected software:
OpenJPEG
OpenJPEG
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The JPEG 2000 codec (jp2.c) in OpenJPEG before 1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette index in a CMAP record of a JPEG image, which triggers memory corruption, aka "out-of heap-based buffer write."
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1499
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/source/detail?r=1330
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082923.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083105.html
- http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/branches/openjpeg-1.5/NEWS
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-06.xml
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr12-004
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52654
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805912