CVE-2012-1499

Publication date 11 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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."

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openjpeg	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

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Notes

jdstrand

per Debian, code introduced after 1.3

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr12-004
http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/branches/openjpeg-1.5/NEWS
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1499