UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17479

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17479

    Published: 8 Dec 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17479
    Aliases:
    USN-5664-1

    Summary:

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

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17479, https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1044, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5664-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17479

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openjpeg

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-4.7ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.3+dfsg-4.6ubuntu2
    1.3+dfsg-4.7ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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