CVE-2020-27844

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-27844
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-05 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:21:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in openjpeg's src/lib/openjp2/t2.c in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide crafted input to openjpeg during conversion and encoding, causing an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.5 All All All
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg All All All All
Application Uclouvain Openjpeg All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1907521 – (CVE-2020-27844) CVE-2020-27844 openjpeg: heap-based buffer overflow in opj_t2_encode_packet function in openjp2/t2.c MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 N/A www.oracle.com
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
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296069 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 31.88.5 Missing (CPUJAN2021)
  • 500474 Alpine Linux Security Update for openjpeg
  • 501814 Alpine Linux Security Update for chromium
  • 501910 Alpine Linux Security Update for qt5-qtwebengine
  • 504231 Alpine Linux Security Update for openjpeg
  • 504609 Alpine Linux Security Update for chromium
  • 505349 Alpine Linux Security Update for qt5-qtwebengine
  • 690203 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for chromium (f00b65d8-7ccb-11eb-b3be-e09467587c17)
  • 750325 OpenSUSE Security Update for chromium (openSUSE-SU-2021:0392-1)
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