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CVE-2020-27841
January 05, 2021
There's a flaw in openjpeg in versions prior to 2.4.0 in src/lib/openjp2/pi.c. When an attacker is able to provide crafted input to be processed by the openjpeg encoder, this could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest impact from this flaw is to application availability.
Affected Packages
openjpeg (CONAN):
Affected version(s) =2.3.1 <2.4.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.4.0
Related Resources (13)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/c9380ed0f8cc4794fc71d556ea23ae61e32247af
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-27841
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27841
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27841
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJUPGIZE6A4O52EBOF75MCXJOL6MUCRV/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJUPGIZE6A4O52EBOF75MCXJOL6MUCRV/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/00383e162ae2f8fc951f5745bf1011771acb8dce
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1907510
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
4.3
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-122
EPSS
Base Score:
0.12