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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27843: CVE-2020-27843 openjpeg: out-of-bounds read in opj_t2_encode_packet function in openjp2/t2.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27843: CVE-2020-27843 openjpeg: out-of-bounds read in opj_t2_encode_packet function in openjp2/t2.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/05/2021
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality, causing an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is 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

References

  • DSA-4882
  • CVE-2020-27843
  • RHSA-2021:4251

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