CVE-2020-27842 (Medium) detected in openjpegv2.3.0

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CVE-2020-27842 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - openjpegv2.3.0

Official repository of the OpenJPEG project

Library home page: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg.git

Found in HEAD commit: 83ceb7e7e7e38a2f30d5124ce8a8e117908b1cfc

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/src/lib/openjp2/t2.c

Vulnerability Details

There's a flaw in openjpeg's t2 encoder in versions prior to 2.4.0. An attacker who is able to provide crafted input to be processed by openjpeg could cause a null pointer dereference. The highest impact of this flaw is to application availability.

Publish Date: 2021-01-05

URL: CVE-2020-27842

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Local - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: Required - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High

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Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27842

Release Date: 2021-01-05

Fix Resolution: openjpeg2-tools-debuginfo - 2.4.0-4,2.4.0-4;openjpeg2-debugsource - 2.4.0-4,2.4.0-4;openjpeg2-tools - 2.4.0-4,2.4.0-4,2.4.0-4,2.4.0-4;openjpeg2-debuginfo - 2.4.0-4,2.4.0-4;openjpeg2-devel-docs - 2.4.0-4;openjpeg2 - 2.4.0-4,2.4.0-4,2.4.0-4,2.4.0-4,2.4.0-4,2.4.0-4

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