Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017174790000000
Revision Date:2017-12-08Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-17479 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:In OpenJPEG 2.3.0, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the pgxtoimage function in jpwl/convert.c. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly remote code execution.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-17479
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND openjpeg2: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
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