UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17480

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17480

    Published: 8 Dec 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17480
    Aliases:
    USN-4109-1

    Summary:

    Details: In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtovolume function in jp3d/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-2017-17480, https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1044, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4109-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17480

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openjpeg2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb9u3build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.2-1.1+deb9u3build0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    2.1.0-2.1
    2.1.0-2.1ubuntu0.1
    2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High