Critical 9.8Published Dec 8, 2017

CVE-2017-17480In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtovolume function in jp3d/convert.c.

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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.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

uclouvain openjpeg uclouvain:openjpeg	2.3.0	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	8.0; 9.0	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	18.04	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1044	third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00018.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4109-1/	third-party-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4405	third-party-advisory

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