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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-27824): OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-27824): OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/07/2021
Created
01/11/2021
Added
01/08/2021
Modified
05/01/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscript
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgs9
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenjp2-7
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenjp3d7
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenjpip7
  • ubuntu-upgrade-openjpeg-tools
  • ubuntu-upgrade-openjpip-dec-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-openjpip-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-openjpip-viewer
  • ubuntu-upgrade-openjpip-viewer-xerces

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