CVE-2021-29338

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    CVE-2021-29338

    Published: 14 Apr 2021Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer Overflow in OpenJPEG v2.4.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application, causing a Denial of Service (DoS). This occurs when the attacker uses the command line option "-ImgDir" on a directory that contains 1048576 files.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00002.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ54FGM2IGAP4AWSJ22JKHOPHCR3FGYU/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QB6AI7CWXWMEDZIQY4LQ6DMIEXMDOHUP/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-04, https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1338

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 37ac30ceff6640bbab502388c5e0fa0bff23f505
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.4.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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