Buffer Overflow Affecting osamu620/OpenHTJ2K package, versions [,0.18.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OSAMU620OPENHTJ2K-17994614
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • disclosed15 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-51807  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade osamu620/OpenHTJ2K to version 0.18.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the parse_packet_header function. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution by supplying specially crafted input that triggers a buffer overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1