CVE-2012-1499: uclouvain openjpeg

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1499 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in uclouvain openjpeg. EPSS estimates a 5.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 11-04-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The JPEG 2000 codec (jp2.c) in OpenJPEG before 1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette index in a CMAP record of a JPEG image, which triggers memory corruption, aka "out-of heap-based buffer write."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.