CVE-2017-17480 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2017-17480?

CVE-2017-17480 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Dec 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtovolume function in jp3d/convert.c. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly remote code execution.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17480?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Uclouvain Openjpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17480?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2017-17480 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-17480, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17480, GHSA-j9x9-9h4c-f6v6, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17480.