High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 4, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-3575
CVE-2021-3575
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow was found in openjpeg in color.c:379:42 in sycc420_to_rgb when decompressing a crafted .j2k file. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application compiled against openjpeg.
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Affected products
6- openjpeg/openjpegdescription
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/openjpeg2pkg:rpm/almalinux/openjpeg2-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/openjpeg2-devel-docspkg:rpm/almalinux/openjpeg2-tools
< 2.4.0-4.el8+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.0-4.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.0-4.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.0-4.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.0-4.el8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1347nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3575nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00002.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ54FGM2IGAP4AWSJ22JKHOPHCR3FGYU/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QB6AI7CWXWMEDZIQY4LQ6DMIEXMDOHUP/nvd
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