NULL pointer dereference in OpenJPEG - CVE-2020-27842

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NULL pointer dereference in OpenJPEG - CVE-2020-27842

Published: January 5, 2021 / Updated: January 26, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50018
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27842
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in openjpeg's t2 encoder in versions prior to 2.4.0. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

OpenJPEG
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Fedora
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
openjpeg2 (Debian package)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
libopenjp2-7 (Ubuntu package)
libopenjpip7 (Ubuntu package)
libopenjp3d7 (Ubuntu package)
libopenjpeg1
libopenjpeg1-debuginfo
openjpeg
openjpeg-debuginfo
openjpeg-devel-32bit
libopenjpeg1-32bit-debuginfo
openjpeg-debugsource
openjpeg-devel
libopenjpeg1-32bit
libopenjp2-7
openjpeg2-debugsource
openjpeg2-debuginfo
libopenjp2-7-debuginfo
openjpeg2-devel
libopenjp2-7-32bit
openjpeg2
libopenjp2-7-32bit-debuginfo
openjpeg2-help
mingw-openjpeg2
libgs9 (Ubuntu package)
ghostscript (Ubuntu package)
Oracle Outside In Technology
cflinuxfs3
Isolation Segment
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs

How to mitigate CVE-2020-27842

Install update from vendor's website.

OpenJPEG - update to 2.4.0
openjpeg2 (Debian package) - update to 2.3.0-2+deb10u2
libopenjp2-7 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 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, 2.3.0-2+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, 2.3.0-2+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 - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
libopenjpeg1-debuginfo - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
openjpeg - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
openjpeg-debuginfo - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
openjpeg-devel-32bit - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
libopenjpeg1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
openjpeg-debugsource - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
openjpeg-devel - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
libopenjpeg1-32bit - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
libopenjp2-7 - addressed in versions 2.1.0-4.18.2, 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1
openjpeg2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.1.0-4.18.2, 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1
openjpeg2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.1.0-4.18.2, 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1
libopenjp2-7-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.1.0-4.18.2, 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1
openjpeg2-devel - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1
libopenjp2-7-32bit - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1
openjpeg2 - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1
libopenjp2-7-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1
openjpeg2-devel - update to 2.3.1-8
openjpeg2-debuginfo - update to 2.3.1-8
openjpeg2-help - update to 2.3.1-8
openjpeg2-debugsource - update to 2.3.1-8
openjpeg2 - update to 2.3.1-8
openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.3.1-10.el7, 2.3.1-10.fc32, 2.3.1-10.fc33, 2.3.1-11.el7
mingw-openjpeg2 - addressed in versions 2.3.1-11.fc32, 2.3.1-11.fc33
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
libgs9 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14, 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.14
ghostscript (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14, 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.14

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