CVE-2020-27814

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-27814
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-26 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-07 02:22:00 UTC
DescriptionA heap-buffer overflow was found in the way openjpeg2 handled certain PNG format files. An attacker could use this flaw to cause an application crash or in some cases execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running such an application.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-122

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg All All All All
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg All All All All
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 N/A www.oracle.com
1901998 – (CVE-2020-27814) CVE-2020-27814 openjpeg: Heap-buffer-overflow in lib/openjp2/mqc.c could result in DoS MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4882-1 openjpeg2 DEBIAN www.debian.org
OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202101-29) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2550-1] openjpeg2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Heap-buffer-overflow in lib/openjp2/mqc.c:499 · Issue #1283 · uclouvain/openjpeg · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159478 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for openjpeg2 (ELSA-2021-4251)
  • 178518 Debian Security Update for openjpeg2 (DSA 4882-1)
  • 198299 Ubuntu Security Notification for Openjpeg2 Vulnerabilities (USN-4880-1)
  • 199240 Ubuntu Security Notification for OpenJPEG Vulnerabilities (USN-5952-1)
  • 239842 Red Hat Update for openjpeg2 (RHSA-2021:4251)
  • 296069 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 31.88.5 Missing (CPUJAN2021)
  • 353122 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for openjpeg2 : ALAS2-2022-1741
  • 500473 Alpine Linux Security Update for openjpeg
  • 504230 Alpine Linux Security Update for openjpeg
  • 670492 EulerOS Security Update for openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2021-2250)
  • 670518 EulerOS Security Update for openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2021-2276)
  • 752740 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openjpeg2 (SUSE-SU-2022:3802-1)
  • 940171 AlmaLinux Security Update for openjpeg2 (ALSA-2021:4251)
  • 960346 Rocky Linux Security Update for openjpeg2 (RLSA-2021:4251)
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