Improper Input Validation Affecting uclouvain/openjpeg package, versions [,2.4.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-UCLOUVAINOPENJPEG-2318817
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed5 Jan 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-27844  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade uclouvain/openjpeg to version 2.4.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. A flaw was found in openjpeg's src/lib/openjp2/t2.c in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide crafted input to openjpeg during conversion and encoding, causing an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

CVSS Scores

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