CVE-2017-14152: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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.