CVE-2020-27844
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
A flaw was found in openjpeg's src/lib/openjp2/t2.c in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide crafted input to openjpeg during conversion and encoding, causing an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
How to fix CVE-2020-27844
To remediate CVE-2020-27844, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/openjpeg—upgrade to 2.4.0-r0 or later
Is CVE-2020-27844 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.4.0-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |