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CVE-2020-27844

Published: Jan 5, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 32.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A flaw was found in openjpeg's src/lib/openjp2/t2.c in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide crafted input to openjpeg during conversion and encoding, causing an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-20

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenSUSE LeapNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenJPEGСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Google ChromeGoogle Inc
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
Альт 8 СПАО «ИВК»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
google inccommercialUSMobile Appsaka google
ао «ивк»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka ivk
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
Initial Access
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References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27844
nvd.nist.gov
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1907521
bugzilla.redhat.com
and 10 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jan 5, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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