CVE-2009-5030
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
The tcd_free_encode function in tcd.c in OpenJPEG 1.3 through 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tile information in a Gray16 TIFF image, which causes insufficient memory to be allocated and leads to an "invalid free."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4988)
- Published
- July 18, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4988 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- uclouvain / openjpeg
- uclouvain / openjpeg
- uclouvain / openjpeg
References
- http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/issues/detail?id=5
- http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/source/detail?r=1703(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082923.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083105.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1068.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48781(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49913(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:104
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/13/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53012
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74851
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/openjpeg/DLVrRKbTeI0/discussion
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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