Is CVE-2011-4517 being actively exploited?

CVE-2011-4517 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-4517?

CVE-2011-4517 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2011-4517

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 10.5%EU EUVD

The jpc_crg_getparms function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_cs.c in JasPer 1.900.1 uses an incorrect data type during a certain size calculation, which allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption), via a crafted component registration (CRG) marker segment in a JPEG2000 file.

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-787
EPSS score: 10.5% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2011-4443)
Published: December 15, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4443 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 21, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
jasper project / jasper
oracle / outside in technology
oracle / outside in technology
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/071458.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071561.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00010.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/77596(Broken Link)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0698.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/47193(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/47306(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/47353(Not Applicable)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21660640(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2371(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887409(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2012-366304.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1807.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1811.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50992(Broken Link, VDB Entry)
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.538606(Release Notes)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1315-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747726(Issue Tracking)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71701(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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