Back
CVE-2009-5030
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)…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References12
- 48781 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/openjpeg/DLVrRKbTeI0/discussion (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/source/detail?r=1703 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-9602 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 49913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openjpeg-tcdfreeencode-code-execution(74851) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120413 Re: CVE Request: Heap corruption in openjpeg (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 53012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-9628 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/issues/detail?id=5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-4988 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-5030)Record last updated .