CVE-2017-12982 | BDVDB-2026-89424 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/baf0c1ad4572daa89caa3b12985bdd93530f0dd7
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/14/openjpeg-memory-allocation-failure-in-opj_aligned_alloc_n-opj_malloc-c/
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/983

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-08-21Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.