Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openjpeg2 package, versions <2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-OPENJPEG2-1056696
  • published6 Jan 2021
  • disclosed13 May 2021

Introduced: 6 Jan 2021

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 Ubuntu:20.04 openjpeg2 to version 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 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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