A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtoimage function in bin/jp2/convert.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly remote code execution.
CVE-2017-14041
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 46EG Risk 46/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation6% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 5.7%
- EPSS %ILE
- 92nd
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
August 30, 2017
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Aug 31, 2026stack-based buffer overflow write in pgxtoimage (/convert.c) · Issue #997 · uclouvain/openjpeg · GitHub
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/997commit e5285319229a (uclouvain/openjpeg)
Patch available: uclouvain/openjpeg v2.3.0 (contains commit e5285319229a)
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/e5285319229a5d77bf316bb0d3a6cbd3cb8666d9openjpeg: stack-based buffer overflow write in pgxtoimage (convert.c) | agostino's blog
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/openjpeg-stack-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pgxtoimage-convert-c/[SECURITY] [DSA 4013-1] openjpeg2 security update
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013Affected Packages
(28 across 28 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.10(1)
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Alpine:v3.11(1)
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Alpine:v3.12(1)
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Alpine:v3.13(1)
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Alpine:v3.18(1)
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Alpine:v3.20(1)
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Alpine:v3.21(1)
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
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| openjpeg | — |
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
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Alpine:v3.3(1)
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Alpine:v3.4(1)
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Alpine:v3.5(1)
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Alpine:v3.6(1)
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| openjpeg | — |
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Alpine:v3.7(1)
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Alpine:v3.8(1)
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| openjpeg | — |
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Alpine:v3.9(1)
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Debian:11(1)
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| openjpeg2 | — |
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Debian:12(1)
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| openjpeg2 | — |
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Debian:13(1)
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| openjpeg2 | — |
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Debian:14(1)
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| openjpeg2 | — |
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Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| openjpeg2 | 2.1.0-2, 2.1.0-2+deb8u1, 2.1.0-2+deb8u2 |
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Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| openjpeg2 | 2.1.2-1.1, 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u1 |
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Weakness Classification(1)
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