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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27823: CVE-2020-27823 openjpeg: heap-buffer-overflow write in opj_tcd_dc_level_shift_encode() (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27823: CVE-2020-27823 openjpeg: heap-buffer-overflow write in opj_tcd_dc_level_shift_encode() (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/13/2021
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder. This flaw allows an attacker to pass specially crafted x,y offset input to OpenJPEG to use during encoding. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

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

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