[Pkg-phototools-devel] Bug#874431: openjpeg2: CVE-2017-14152: heap-based buffer overflow in opj_write_bytes_LE

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: openjpeg2
Version: 2.1.2-1.3
Severity: grave
Tags: upstream patch security
Forwarded: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/985

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for openjpeg2.

CVE-2017-14152[0]:
| A mishandled zero case was discovered in opj_j2k_set_cinema_parameters
| in lib/openjp2/j2k.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_write_bytes_LE in
| lib/openjp2/cio.c and opj_j2k_write_sot in lib/openjp2/j2k.c) or
| possibly remote code execution.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14152
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14152
[1] https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/985

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore