CVE-2017-14152

Publication date 5 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A mishandled zero case was discovered in opj_j2k_set_cinema_parameters in lib/openjp2/j2k.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow affecting opj_write_bytes_LE in lib/openjp2/cio.c and opj_j2k_write_sot in lib/openjp2/j2k.c) or possibly remote code execution.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openjpeg	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
openjpeg2	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.17.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

ccdm94

the fix for this CVE is incomplete, resulting in the vulnerability related to CVE-2017-14164.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
openjpeg	Upstream: 4241ae6
openjpeg2	Upstream: 4241ae6

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H