CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-27824

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-05-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-05-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-125, CWE-20

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.

Affected configurations

• uclouvain openjpeg (< 2.4.0) • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • fedoraproject fedora 32 • fedoraproject fedora 33 • debian debian linux 9.0 • debian debian linux 10.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References