Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2020-27823

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Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenJPEG - CVE-2020-27823

Published: December 10, 2020 / Updated: December 29, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48907
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27823
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing PNG images in pngtoimage() function in bin/jp2/convertpng.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

OpenJPEG
Arch Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Fedora
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
openjpeg (Alpine package)
openjpeg2 (Debian package)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
libopenjp2-7 (Ubuntu package)
libopenjpip7 (Ubuntu package)
libopenjp3d7 (Ubuntu package)
libopenjpeg1-32bit
openjpeg-devel
openjpeg-debugsource
openjpeg-debuginfo
openjpeg
libopenjpeg1-32bit-debuginfo
libopenjpeg1-debuginfo
openjpeg-devel-32bit
libopenjpeg1
openjpeg2-debuginfo
libopenjp2-7-debuginfo
libopenjp2-7
openjpeg2-debugsource
openjpeg2
openjpeg2-devel
libopenjp2-7-32bit
libopenjp2-7-32bit-debuginfo
openjpeg2-help
mingw-openjpeg2
cflinuxfs3
Isolation Segment
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs

How to mitigate CVE-2020-27823

Install update from vendor's website.

OpenJPEG - update to 2.4.0
openjpeg (Alpine package) - update to 2.3.1-r6
openjpeg2 (Debian package) - update to 2.3.0-2+deb10u2
libopenjp2-7 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1, 2.3.0-2+deb10u2build0.18.04.1, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.1, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.10.1
libopenjpip7 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1, 2.3.0-2+deb10u2build0.18.04.1, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.1, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.10.1
libopenjp3d7 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1, 2.3.0-2+deb10u2build0.18.04.1, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.1, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.10.1
cflinuxfs3 - update to 0.357.0
libopenjpeg1-32bit - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.5.1
openjpeg-devel - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.5.1
openjpeg-debugsource - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.5.1
openjpeg-debuginfo - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.5.1
openjpeg - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.5.1
libopenjpeg1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.5.1
libopenjpeg1-debuginfo - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.5.1
openjpeg-devel-32bit - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.5.1
libopenjpeg1 - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.5.1
openjpeg2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.1.0-4.15.1, 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
libopenjp2-7-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.1.0-4.15.1, 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
libopenjp2-7 - addressed in versions 2.1.0-4.15.1, 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
openjpeg2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.1.0-4.15.1, 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
openjpeg2 - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
openjpeg2-devel - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
libopenjp2-7-32bit - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
libopenjp2-7-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.5.1
openjpeg2-help - update to 2.3.1-6
openjpeg2-debuginfo - update to 2.3.1-6
openjpeg2-debugsource - update to 2.3.1-6
openjpeg2-devel - update to 2.3.1-6
openjpeg2 - update to 2.3.1-6
openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.3.1-9.fc32, 2.3.1-9.fc33, 2.3.1-10.el7, 2.3.1-10.fc32, 2.3.1-11.el7
mingw-openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.3.1-10.fc32, 2.3.1-10.fc33, 2.3.1-11.fc32
Isolation Segment - addressed in versions 2.11.31, 2.13.16, 3.0.9, 4.0.0
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs - addressed in versions 2.11.37, 2.13.19, 3.0.9, 4.0.0

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