CVE-2017-12982

The bmp_read_info_header function in bin/jp2/convertbmp.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0 does not reject headers with a zero biBitCount, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure) in the opj_image_create function in lib/openjp2/image.c, related to the opj_aligned_alloc_n function in opj_malloc.c.

• CWE-119

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/14/openjpeg-memory-allocation-failure-in-opj_aligned_alloc_n-opj_malloc-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/baf0c1ad4572daa89caa3b12985bdd93530f0dd7Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/983Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26Third Party Advisory
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/14/openjpeg-memory-allocation-failure-in-opj_aligned_alloc_n-opj_malloc-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/baf0c1ad4572daa89caa3b12985bdd93530f0dd7Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/983Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 21, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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