Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting uclouvain/openjpeg package, versions [,2.4.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-UCLOUVAINOPENJPEG-2318831
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed26 Jan 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-27814  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow. A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way openjpeg2 handled certain PNG format files. An attacker could use this flaw to cause an application crash or in some cases execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running such an application.

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