CVE-2017-14151

Publication date 5 September 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

An off-by-one error was discovered in opj_tcd_code_block_enc_allocate_data in lib/openjp2/tcd.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow affecting opj_mqc_flush in lib/openjp2/mqc.c and opj_t1_encode_cblk in lib/openjp2/t1.c) or possibly remote code execution.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openjpeg	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
openjpeg2	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.3.0-1
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.17.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

ccdm94

It seems like the vulnerable code was introduced by commit e05d2901e, which was applied in versions larger than 2.0.0. Therefore, openjpeg packages are not affected by this issue.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
openjpeg	Upstream: afb308b
openjpeg2	Upstream: afb308b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H