Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openjpeg2-devel-docs package, versions <0:2.4.0-4.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-OPENJPEG2DEVELDOCS-2137343
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 May 2021

Introduced: 1 May 2021

CVE-2021-3575  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 openjpeg2-devel-docs to version 0:2.4.0-4.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg2-devel-docs package and not the openjpeg2-devel-docs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in openjpeg in color.c:379:42 in sycc420_to_rgb when decompressing a crafted .j2k file. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application compiled against openjpeg.

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