CVE-2020-27844

NameCVE-2020-27844
DescriptionA 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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openjpeg2 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.1.0-2+deb8u14fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch2.1.2-1.1+deb9u7fixed
buster, buster (security)2.3.0-2+deb10u2fixed
bullseye2.4.0-3fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm2.5.0-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
openjpeg2sourcejessie(not affected)
openjpeg2source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- openjpeg2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced and fixed in 2.4.0)
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1299
Fixed by: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/73fdf28342e4594019af26eb6a347a34eceb6296 (v2.4.0)
Introduced by: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/4edb8c83374f52cd6a8f2c7c875e8ffacccb5fa5
[jessie] - openjpeg2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later; problem cannot be reproduced)

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