CVE-2017-14040

HIGH 8.8CVE-2017-14040 · Published 30/08/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-14040 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting openjpeg (uclouvain).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.8%, higher than 91.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
openjpeg uclouvain	`= 2.2.0`	No fix yet

Description

An invalid write access was discovered in bin/jp2/convert.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0, triggering a crash in the tgatoimage function. The vulnerability may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

References

debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013 · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/100553 · Third Party Advisory
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/openjpeg-invalid-memory-write-in-tgatoimage-convert-c · Patch
uclouvain/openjpeg commit 2cd30c2 · Issue Tracking
uclouvain/openjpeg · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

openjpeg

uclouvain

= 2.2.0

No fix yet

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