CVE-2017-12982

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-12982
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-08-21T07:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-02-02T19:56:30
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.3.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/983 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/baf0c1ad4572daa89caa3b12985bdd93530f0dd7 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/14/openjpeg-memory-allocation-failure-in-opj_aligned_alloc_n-opj_malloc-c/ Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12982
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12982
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:24:50 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:11:01 2017-08-21T07:29Z 2017-08-21T07:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:11:01 2021-02-02T19:56:30 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:11:01 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated