CVE-2020-27824 Information

Description

A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder in the opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() function. This flaw allows an attacker who can supply crafted input to decomposition levels to cause a buffer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1905723 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQR4EWRFFZQDMFPZKFZ6I3USLMW6TKTP/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJUPGIZE6A4O52EBOF75MCXJOL6MUCRV/ https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5