CVE-2017-17480 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2017-17480

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in...

Vulnerability Description

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtovolume function in jp3d/convert.c. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly remote code execution.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openjpeg, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
2.3.0, 8.0, 9.0, 18.04

Timeline

Official Publish: December 8th, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.