CVE-2020-27842
openjpeg2 - security update
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.44%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-27842
To remediate CVE-2020-27842, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/openjpeg2—upgrade to 2.4.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u7 or later
Is CVE-2020-27842 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.4.0-1
- from 0, < 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |