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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-27843): OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-27843): OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/05/2021
Created
01/11/2021
Added
01/08/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscript
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgs9
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenjp2-7
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenjp3d7
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenjpip7

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