CVE-2017-14151: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An off-by-one error was discovered in opj_tcd_code_block_enc_allocate_data in lib/openjp2/tcd.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_mqc_flush in lib/openjp2/mqc.c and opj_t1_encode_cblk in lib/openjp2/t1.c) or possibly remote code execution.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
  • Uclouvain Openjpeg: version 2.2.0 only

Published 2017-09-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.