NVIDIA nvJPEG2000 Library 0.8.0 JPEG2000 File Parser heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in NVIDIA nvJPEG2000 Library 0.8.0. This affects an unknown part of the component JPEG2000 File Parser. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-0145. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in NVIDIA nvJPEG2000 Library 0.8.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component JPEG2000 File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA nvJPEG2000 library contains a vulnerability where an attacker can cause a heap-based buffer overflow issue by means of a specially crafted JPEG2000 file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution and data tampering.

The advisory is shared at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-0145 since 12/02/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/12/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Software Library

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• NVIDIA

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• nvJPEG2000 Library

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• 0.8.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.nvidia.com/

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