ALPINE-CVE-2020-27823

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CVE-2020-27823
Published: 13 May 2021, 15:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:47

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 May 2021, 15:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:47
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•openjpeg

    < 2.3.1-r5 | < 2.3.1-r5 | < 2.3.1-r6 | < 2.3.1-r6 | < 2.3.1-r6 | < 2.3.1-r6 | < 2.3.1-r6 | < 2.3.1-r6 | < 2.3.1-r6 | < 2.3.1-r6 | < 2.3.1-r6 | < 2.3.1-r6 | < 2.3.1-r6 | < 2.3.1-r6

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