Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openjpeg2 package, versions <2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-OPENJPEG2-1304452
  • published11 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Mar 2022

Introduced: 11 Jan 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 openjpeg2 to version 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.3 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 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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