CVE-2020-27843

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 05 Jan 2021, 17:22
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 16:25

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.51% LOW
1% probability +0.41%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 Jan 2021, 17:22
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 16:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.51%• Percentile: 67%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

    The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0 | 10.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    32 | 33

  • oracle•outside_in_technology

    8.5.5

  • uclouvain•openjpeg

    < 2.4.0

References (7)