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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-1499 · published 11 April 2012

CVE-2012-1499: Uclouvain openjpeg memory buffer overflow vulnerability

UUclouvain · Openjpeg

The JPEG 2000 codec (jp2.c) in OpenJPEG before 1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette index in a CMAP record of a JPEG image, which triggers memory corruption, aka "out-of heap-based buffer write."

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.1% · top 8.0% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
5.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The JPEG 2000 codec (jp2.c) in OpenJPEG before 1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette index in a CMAP record of a JPEG image, which triggers memory corruption, aka "out-of heap-based buffer write."

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/source/detail?r=1330
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082923.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083105.html
http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/branches/openjpeg-1.5/NEWS
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-06.xml
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr12-004
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52654
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805912
http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/source/detail?r=1330
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082923.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083105.html
http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/branches/openjpeg-1.5/NEWS
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-06.xml
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr12-004
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52654
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805912

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