CVE-2020-27814

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jan 25, 2021
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Oct 27, 2020

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-122

Affected Products

Product	Versions
openjpegn/a	before openjpeg 2.4.0Affected

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901998
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1283
GLSA-202101-29vendor-advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20210208 [SECURITY] [DLA 2550-1] openjpeg2 security updatemailing-list
DSA-4882vendor-advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html

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