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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2020-27824: openjpeg security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2020-27824: openjpeg security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/01/2021
Created
02/02/2021
Added
02/02/2021
Modified
09/24/2021

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(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-openjpeg-libs

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