CVE-2017-14151
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.16% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- uclouvain/openjpeg · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100633Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/16/openjpeg-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-opj_mqc_flush-mqc-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/afb308b9ccbe129608c9205cf3bb39bbefad90b9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/982Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100633Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/16/openjpeg-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-opj_mqc_flush-mqc-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/afb308b9ccbe129608c9205cf3bb39bbefad90b9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/982Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.