# CVE-2012-1499: 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 r

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-04-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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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## References

- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr12-004
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083105.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805912
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52654
- http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/source/detail?r=1330
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-06.xml
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082923.html
- http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/branches/openjpeg-1.5/NEWS

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