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CVE-2020-27843

Published: Jan 5, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-125
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 26.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected Products

openjpegn/a
openjpeguclouvain
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
outside in technologyoracle
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
uclouvainoss-projectBEOSS Librariesaka openjpeg
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
and 6 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Collection
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1907516
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJUPGIZE6A4O52EBOF75MCXJOL6MUCRV/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
security.gentoo.org
and 14 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jan 5, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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