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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-27824: Improper Input Validation

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 13, 2021
Added
May 13, 2021
Modified
Jun 18, 2026

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.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-openjpeg
Title
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