Buffer Overflow Affecting openjpeg2-tools-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.4.0-4.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-OPENJPEG2TOOLSDEBUGINFO-3208894
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed13 May 2021

Introduced: 13 May 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 openjpeg2-tools-debuginfo to version 0:2.4.0-4.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:4251.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg2-tools-debuginfo package and not the openjpeg2-tools-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 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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