High
Security advisory
A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the opj_t2_encode_packet function in lib/openjp2/t2.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-14039
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:12 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the opj_t2_encode_packet function in lib/openjp2/t2.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
osv:CVE-2017-14039
Complete source record
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