Is CVE-2017-12982 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-12982 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-12982?

CVE-2017-12982 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-12982?

CVE-2017-12982 has an EPSS score of 2.86% (85th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12982?

Upgrade openjpeg2 on debian 11 to 2.3.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-12982

MEDIUMEPSS 85th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The bmp_read_info_header function in bin/jp2/convertbmp.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0 does not reject headers with a zero biBitCount, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure) in the opj_image_create function in lib/openjp2/image.c, related to the opj_aligned_alloc_n function in opj_malloc.c.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

openjpeg2Debian

Fixed in:2.3.0-1CVE-2017-12982

libopenjp2-7Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4782-1

Fixed in:2.3.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4782-1

openjpeg2Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4782-1

Fixed in:2.3.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4782-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.86%probability of exploitation in 30 days

85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Third-Party Advisory1

security.gentoo.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.