Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openjpeg2 package, versions <2.3.1-1ubuntu5
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EPSS
0.11% (44th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2204-OPENJPEG2-2786697
- published 6 Jan 2021
- disclosed 13 May 2021
How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 openjpeg2 to version 2.3.1-1ubuntu5 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:22.04 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-27823
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQR4EWRFFZQDMFPZKFZ6I3USLMW6TKTP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJUPGIZE6A4O52EBOF75MCXJOL6MUCRV/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1905762
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQR4EWRFFZQDMFPZKFZ6I3USLMW6TKTP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJUPGIZE6A4O52EBOF75MCXJOL6MUCRV/
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