5.5

CVE-2017-12982: uclouvain openjpeg

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-12982UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12982DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12982
Published 21-08-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-12982 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in uclouvain openjpeg. EPSS estimates a 2.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.77%
0%100%
Low · -0.09 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-4782-1

Timeline

  1. 21-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.09 pp

From 2.86% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine1 product
  • openjpeg< 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.1.2-r2
Debian1 product
  • openjpeg2< 2.3.0-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • openjpeg2< 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 2.3.0-1
Uclouvain1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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