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CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-17480

Openjpeg vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Uclouvain
Affected product
Openjpeg
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-12-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-17480

  • Confirm whether Uclouvain Openjpeg is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-17480.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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