CVE-2020-27814
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 25, 2021 at 06:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:09 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxOpenjpeg
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way openjpeg2 handled certain PNG format files. An attacker could use this flaw to cause an application crash or in some cases execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running such an application.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Affected range stops below 2.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901998x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1283Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-122
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