CVE-2020-27824medium
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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.
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1905723
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2021-05-13
Updated: 2021-12-07
Type: CWE-20
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
Configuration 2
OR
Configuration 3
OR
Configuration 4
OR
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155437 | Oracle Linux 8 : openjpeg2 (ELSA-2021-4251) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 155190 | RHEL 8 : openjpeg2 (RHSA-2021:4251) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
| 155186 | CentOS 8 : openjpeg2 (CESA-2021:4251) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | high |
| 154386 | EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : openjpeg (EulerOS-SA-2021-2601) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 154332 | Oracle Database Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2021 CPU) | Nessus | Databases | critical |
| 153641 | EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : openjpeg (EulerOS-SA-2021-2478) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 153330 | EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : openjpeg (EulerOS-SA-2021-2414) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 153059 | EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : openjpeg (EulerOS-SA-2021-2341) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 152289 | EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2021-2250) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 152287 | EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2021-2276) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 151568 | EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.1 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2021-2174) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 151551 | EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.0 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2021-2198) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 148305 | Debian DSA-4882-1 : openjpeg2 - security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
| 148002 | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : OpenJPEG vulnerabilities (USN-4880-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 146321 | Debian DLA-2550-1 : openjpeg2 security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
| 145744 | EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2021-1156) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 145017 | Fedora 32 : mingw-openjpeg2 / openjpeg2 (2020-d32853a28d) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 144788 | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 20.10 : OpenJPEG vulnerabilities (USN-4685-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 144787 | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-4686-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 144319 | Fedora 33 : mingw-openjpeg2 / openjpeg2 (2020-4cd57a6876) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |