CVE-2017-12982 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-12982 PUBLISHED

The bmp_read_info_header function in bin/jp2/convertbmp.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0 does not reject headers with a zero biBitCount, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure) in the opj_image_create function in lib/openjp2/image.c, related to the opj_aligned_alloc_n function in opj_malloc.c.

EPSS 0.31% · 54.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.31%

54.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	openjpeg2	0, 2.1.0-2.1, 2.1.0-2.1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	openjpeg2	0, 2.2.0-1

Timeline

Aug 21, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12982 third-party-advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/14/openjpeg-memory-allocation-failure-in-opj_aligned_alloc_n-opj_malloc-c/ third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4782-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12982 third-party-advisory

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