USN-4497-1

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    USN-4497-1

    Published: 15 Sept 2020Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9112) It was discovered that OpenJPEG did not properly handle certain input. If OpenJPEG were supplied with specially crafted input, it could be made to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-20847, CVE-2018-21010, CVE-2020-6851, CVE-2020-8112, CVE-2020-15389) It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain BMP files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12973)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4497-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9112, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20847, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-21010, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12973, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6851, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8112, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15389

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openjpeg2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb9u5build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.2-1.1+deb9u5build0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    2.1.0-2.1
    2.1.0-2.1ubuntu0.1
    2.1.2-1.1+deb9u2build0.1
    2.1.2-1.1+deb9u3build0.16.04.1

    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
    USN-4497-1 | CVE-DB