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CVE-2009-5030

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-5030 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in the tcd_free_encode function of OpenJPEG versions 1.3 through 1.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying crafted tile information within a Gray16 TIFF image, leading to an "invalid free" due to insufficient memory allocation. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring moderate attack complexity over a network to achieve partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0406 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openjpeg-0:1.3-8.el6_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-5030Important

openjpeg: Heap memory corruption leading to invalid free by processing certain Gray16 TIFF images

Jul 31, 2009

References

code.google.com / p/openjpeg/issues/detail
code.google.com / p/openjpeg/source/detail
Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082923.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083105.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1068.html
secunia.com / advisories/48781
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49913
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74851
groups.google.com / forum
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/04/13/5
securityfocus.com / bid/53012