Stack-based Buffer Overflow in OpenJPEG 2.3.0's pgxtoimage Function

CVE-2017-17479 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtoimage function in jpwl/convert.c. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly remote code execution.

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