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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27842: CVE-2020-27842 openjpeg: null pointer dereference in opj_tgt_reset function in lib/openjp2/tgt.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27842: CVE-2020-27842 openjpeg: null pointer dereference in opj_tgt_reset function in lib/openjp2/tgt.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/05/2021
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
11/26/2024

Description

There's a flaw in openjpeg's t2 encoder in versions prior to 2.4.0. An attacker who is able to provide crafted input to be processed by openjpeg could cause a null pointer dereference. The highest impact of this flaw is to application 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

References

  • CVE-2020-27842
  • RHSA-2021:4251

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