CVE-2020-27824

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow13 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Uclouvain OpenjpegDebian Debian LinuxFedoraproject Fedora+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 13
Latest updateMar 15

Description

A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder in the opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() function. This flaw allows an attacker who can supply crafted input to decomposition levels to cause a buffer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDuclouvain/openjpeg< 2.4.0
▶Debianopenjpeg2< 2.4.0-1+3
▶CVEListV5openjpegopenjpeg 2.4.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0, Fedora 32, 33, Enterprise Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
openjpeg2 vulnerabilities↗2023-03-15
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GHSA
GHSA-4w56-x77j-f3vc: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder in the opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() function↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-27824: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder in the opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() function↗2021-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2020-27824: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder in the opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() function↗2021-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
OpenJPEG vulnerabilities↗2023-03-15
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Ubuntu
OpenJPEG vulnerabilities↗2022-10-07
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Microsoft
A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder in the opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() function. This flaw allows an attacker who can supply crafted input to decomposition levels to cause a buffer overflow. ↗2021-05-11
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Ubuntu
OpenJPEG vulnerabilities↗2021-03-16
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Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2021-01-07
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CVE-2020-27824 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s enco | cvebase.io