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…

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."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.1% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr12-004 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• FEDORA-2012-9602 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805912 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 52654 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/source/detail?r=1330 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201206-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• FEDORA-2012-9628 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/branches/openjpeg-1.5/NEWS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2012-1499](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2012-1499.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2012-1499)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 19:01 UTC.