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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-27824

This flaw allows an attacker who can supply crafted input to decomposition levels to cause a buffer overflow.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.61%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.61%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.61% probability · 75th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-125
Affected
uclouvain/openjpeg · redhat/enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.