CVE-2013-1447
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOpenJPEG 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or crash) via unspecified vectors related to NULL pointer dereferences, division-by-zero, and other errors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceOpenJPEG 1.3 and earlier contains multiple vulnerabilities where unspecified vectors can trigger NULL pointer dereferences, division-by-zero errors, and other faults, allowing remote attackers to cause denial of service through memory consumption or application crashes when processing maliciously crafted JPEG 2000 images.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 1.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify OpenJPEG installationLocate the OpenJPEG library on the system using package managers (dpkg, rpm, brew) or by searching for libopenjpeg files. Query the installed package or library version using the system's package management tool.Affected if The installed version is 1.3 or earlier, or if OpenJPEG cannot be located and a third-party version may be bundled in an application.
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Determine OpenJPEG library versionIf OpenJPEG is installed as a system library, use commands such as 'pkg-config --modversion openjpeg' or 'ldd' combined with file analysis tools to extract version metadata from the binary.Affected if The reported version is 1.3 or any version number lower than 1.3.
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Identify applications using OpenJPEGSearch for applications or services that link against or embed the OpenJPEG library, particularly image processing tools, document converters, or web servers that handle image uploads.Affected if Any application on the system processes JPEG 2000 files using a vulnerable OpenJPEG version.
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Assess JPEG 2000 processing exposureReview system configuration, web applications, or services to determine whether untrusted or user-supplied JPEG 2000 files can be uploaded, processed, or converted.Affected if The system accepts and processes untrusted JPEG 2000 images without prior validation, enabling the attack vector.
The environment is affected if OpenJPEG version 1.3 or earlier is installed and any application on the system processes untrusted or remotely supplied JPEG 2000 image files.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to OpenJPEG version 1.5 or later which contains the patched fixes. For legacy systems unable to upgrade, implement input validation and restrict processing of untrusted JPEG 2000 files.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-1447 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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