CVE-2017-14151 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2017-14151?

CVE-2017-14151 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 5 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An off-by-one error was discovered in opj_tcd_code_block_enc_allocate_data in lib/openjp2/tcd.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_mqc_flush in lib/openjp2/mqc.c and opj_t1_encode_cblk in lib/openjp2/t1.c) or possibly remote code execution.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14151?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Uclouvain Openjpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14151?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-14151 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14151 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-14151, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14151, GHSA-w8c7-459j-36p9, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14151.