Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openjpeg2 package, versions <2.3.0-2+deb10u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-OPENJPEG2-1049515
  • published9 Dec 2020
  • disclosed13 May 2021

Introduced: 9 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-27823  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 openjpeg2 to version 2.3.0-2+deb10u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg2 package and not the openjpeg2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder. This flaw allows an attacker to pass specially crafted x,y offset input to OpenJPEG to use during encoding. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

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