CVE-2020-27843
published 2021-01-05CVE-2020-27843: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding…
PriorityP425medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.68%
74.6th percentile
A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality, causing an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.
Affected
17 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | openjpeg2 | < openjpeg2 2.4.0-1 (bookworm) | openjpeg2 2.4.0-1 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| msrc | azl3_openjpeg2_2.3.1-12_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| msrc | azure_linux_3.0_arm | — | — |
| msrc | azure_linux_3.0_x64 | — | — |
| oracle | outside_in_technology | — | — |
| the_openjpeg_project | openjpeg2 | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
| the_openjpeg_project | openjpeg2 | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
| the_openjpeg_project | openjpeg2 | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
| the_openjpeg_project | openjpeg2 | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
| the_openjpeg_project | openjpeg2 | >= 0 < 2.3.0-2+deb10u2build0.18.04.1 | 2.3.0-2+deb10u2build0.18.04.1 |
| the_openjpeg_project | openjpeg2 | >= 0 < 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm3 | 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm3 |
| uclouvain | openjpeg | < 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 |
| uclouvain | openjpeg | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.07.1HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
OpenJPEG vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2023-03-15·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-27814 [MEDIUM] OpenJPEG vulnerabilities
Title: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in OpenJPEG.
Sebastian Poeplau discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain inputs.
If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04
LTS. (CVE-2020-6851, CVE-2020-8112)
It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user
or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2020-15389, CVE-2020-27814, CVE-2020-27823, CVE-2
Microsoft
A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality causing an out-of-bounds read. The
vendor_msrc·2021-01-12·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-27843 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality causing an out-of-bounds read. The
A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality causing an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.
FAQ: Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?
One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If i
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2021-01-07
CVE-2020-27842 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
Title: Ghostscript vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript.
It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain image
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Ubuntu
OpenJPEG vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2021-01-07
CVE-2020-27842 OpenJPEG vulnerabilities
Title: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in OpenJPEG.
It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image data. An
attacker could use this issue to cause OpenJPEG to crash, leading to a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
openjpeg: out-of-bounds read in opj_t2_encode_packet function in openjp2/t2.c
vendor_redhat·2020-12-02·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-27843 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 openjpeg: out-of-bounds read in opj_t2_encode_packet function in openjp2/t2.c
openjpeg: out-of-bounds read in opj_t2_encode_packet function in openjp2/t2.c
A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality, causing an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.
A flaw was found in OpenJPEG. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality, causing an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.
Package: openjpeg (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Out of support scope
Package: openjpeg (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Out of support scope
Package: openjpeg2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Out of support scope
Debian
CVE-2020-27843: openjpeg2 - A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an att...
vendor_debian·2020·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-27843 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-27843: openjpeg2 - A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an att...
A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality, causing an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
OSV
openjpeg2 vulnerabilities
osv·2023-03-15·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-6851 [MEDIUM] openjpeg2 vulnerabilities
openjpeg2 vulnerabilities
Sebastian Poeplau discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain inputs.
If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04
LTS. (CVE-2020-6851, CVE-2020-8112)
It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user
or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2020-15389, CVE-2020-27814, CVE-2020-27823, CVE-2020-27824,
CVE-2020-27841, CVE-2020-27845)
It was discovered th
GHSA
GHSA-w7f7-f46g-r954: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-27843 [HIGH] CWE-125 GHSA-w7f7-f46g-r954: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2
A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality, causing an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.
OSV
CVE-2020-27843: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2
osv·2021-01-05·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-27843 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-27843: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2
A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality, causing an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1907516https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJUPGIZE6A4O52EBOF75MCXJOL6MUCRV/https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1907516https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJUPGIZE6A4O52EBOF75MCXJOL6MUCRV/https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
2021-01-05
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