UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27845

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27845

    Published: 5 Jan 2021Last Modified: 17 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-27845
    Aliases:
    USN-4685-1
    USN-4686-1
    USN-4880-1

    Summary:

    Details: There's a flaw in src/lib/openjp2/pi.c of openjpeg in versions prior to 2.4.0. If an attacker is able to provide untrusted input to openjpeg's conversion/encoding functionality, they could cause an out-of-bounds read. The highest impact of this flaw is to application availability.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27845, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4685-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4686-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4880-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5952-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27845

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openjpeg

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/openjpeg?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.3+dfsg-4.6ubuntu2
    1.3+dfsg-4.7ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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