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CVE-2017-2812

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

A code execution vulnerability exists in the kdu_buffered_expand function of the Kakadu SDK 7.9. A specially crafted JPEG 2000 file can be read by the program and can lead to an out of bounds write causing an exploitable condition to arise.

Affected products

• Kakadu Software Kakadu SDK: 7.9

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100140
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0309
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100140
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0309

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