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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27814: CVE-2020-27814 openjpeg: heap-buffer-overflow in lib/openjp2/mqc.c could result in DoS (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27814: CVE-2020-27814 openjpeg: heap-buffer-overflow in lib/openjp2/mqc.c could result in DoS (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/26/2021
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way openjpeg2 handled certain PNG format files. An attacker could use this flaw to cause an application crash or in some cases execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running such an application.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-openjpeg2
  • redhat-upgrade-openjpeg2-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-openjpeg2-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-openjpeg2-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-openjpeg2-devel-docs
  • redhat-upgrade-openjpeg2-tools
  • redhat-upgrade-openjpeg2-tools-debuginfo

References

  • DSA-4882
  • CVE-2020-27814
  • RHSA-2021:4251

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