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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-27842

An attacker who is able to provide crafted input to be processed by openjpeg could cause a null pointer dereference.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.50%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

There's a flaw in openjpeg's t2 encoder in versions prior to 2.4.0. An attacker who is able to provide crafted input to be processed by openjpeg could cause a null pointer dereference. The highest impact of this flaw is to application 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
1.50% probability · 73th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
uclouvain/openjpeg · fedoraproject/extra packages for enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · redhat/codeready linux builder · redhat/codeready linux builder for ibm z systems · redhat/codeready linux builder for power little endian · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian · oracle/outside in technology
Source
secalert@redhat.com

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