Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in OpenJPEG Prior to Version 2.4.0
CVE-2020-27845

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Uclouvain

Status
Openjpeg
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 January 2021

What is CVE-2020-27845?

A security flaw in OpenJPEG's conversion and encoding functions allows an attacker to provide untrusted input, resulting in an out-of-bounds read. This flaw poses risks to the application's availability, potentially leading to service disruptions. It is crucial to update to OpenJPEG version 2.4.0 or later to mitigate such threats.

Affected Version(s)

openjpeg openjpeg 2.4.0

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1907523
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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