CVE-2020-27844

Published Jan 5, 2021

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
A flaw was found in openjpeg's src/lib/openjp2/t2.c in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide crafted input to openjpeg during conversion and encoding, causing an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
8.3
Impact score
8.5
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-20

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations