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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-27843

This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality, causing an out-of-bounds read.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.75%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.75%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality, causing an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is 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
1.75% probability · 77th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
uclouvain/openjpeg · fedoraproject/fedora · oracle/outside in technology · debian/debian linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

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