CVE-2020-27824

Summary

CVECVE-2020-27824
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-13 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:21:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder in the opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() function. This flaw allows an attacker who can supply crafted input to decomposition levels to cause a buffer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

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 Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1905723 – (CVE-2020-27824) CVE-2020-27824 openjpeg: global-buffer-overflow read in lib-openjp2 MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: openjpeg2-2.3.1-10.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: openjpeg2-2.3.1-9.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: openjpeg2-2.3.1-10.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4882-1 openjpeg2 DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: openjpeg2-2.3.1-9.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2550-1] openjpeg2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
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)
  • 20276 Oracle Database 19c Critical OJVM Patch Update - October 2021
  • 20290 Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 Critical OJVM Patch Update - October 2021
  • 239842 Red Hat Update for openjpeg2 (RHSA-2021:4251)
  • 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)
  • 670583 EulerOS Security Update for openjpeg (EulerOS-SA-2021-2341)
  • 670656 EulerOS Security Update for openjpeg (EulerOS-SA-2021-2414)
  • 670720 EulerOS Security Update for openjpeg (EulerOS-SA-2021-2478)
  • 671139 EulerOS Security Update for openjpeg (EulerOS-SA-2021-2601)
  • 752740 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openjpeg2 (SUSE-SU-2022:3802-1)
  • 752745 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openjpeg2 (SUSE-SU-2022:3801-1)
  • 752823 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openjpeg (SUSE-SU-2022:4082-1)
  • 940171 AlmaLinux Security Update for openjpeg2 (ALSA-2021:4251)
  • 960346 Rocky Linux Security Update for openjpeg2 (RLSA-2021:4251)
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