CVE-2012-3358: uclouvain openjpeg

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3358 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in uclouvain openjpeg. EPSS estimates a 7.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 18-07-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the j2k_read_sot function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG 1.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) tile number or (2) tile length in a JPEG 2000 image file.

• 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.