Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-27843
CVE-2020-27843
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.
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Affected products
52- OpenJPEG/OpenJPEGdescription
- osv-coords48 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/openjpeg2pkg:rpm/almalinux/openjpeg2-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/openjpeg2-devel-docspkg:rpm/almalinux/openjpeg2-toolspkg:rpm/opensuse/openjpeg2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/openjpeg2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/openjpeg&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/openjpeg&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg2&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openjpeg&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015
< 2.4.0-4.el8+ 47 more
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJUPGIZE6A4O52EBOF75MCXJOL6MUCRV/nvd
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