Out-of-bounds Read Affecting openjpeg2 package, versions <2.3.0-150000.3.8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-OPENJPEG2-3090800
  • published28 Oct 2022
  • disclosed27 Oct 2022

Introduced: 27 Oct 2022

CVE-2020-27824  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 openjpeg2 to version 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1 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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1