Out-of-bounds read in OpenJPEG - CVE-2020-27843

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Out-of-bounds read in OpenJPEG - CVE-2020-27843

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50019
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-2020-27843
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Affected software

OpenJPEG
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
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 Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
libopenjpip7 (Ubuntu package)
libopenjp3d7 (Ubuntu package)
libopenjp2-7 (Ubuntu package)
openjpeg2 (Debian package)
ghostscript (Ubuntu package)
libgs9 (Ubuntu package)
libopenjpeg1
openjpeg-devel-32bit
libopenjpeg1-32bit-debuginfo
libopenjpeg1-32bit
openjpeg-devel
openjpeg-debugsource
openjpeg-debuginfo
openjpeg
libopenjpeg1-debuginfo
libopenjp2-7-debuginfo
openjpeg2-debugsource
openjpeg2-debuginfo
libopenjp2-7
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-2020-27843

Install updates from vendor's website.

OpenJPEG - update to 2.4.0
libopenjpip7 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm3, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.1, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.10.1
libopenjp3d7 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm3, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.1, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.10.1
libopenjp2-7 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm3, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.1, 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.10.1
openjpeg2 (Debian package) - update to 2.3.0-2+deb10u2
ghostscript (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14, 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.14
libgs9 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14, 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.14
libopenjpeg1 - 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
libopenjpeg1-32bit - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
openjpeg-devel - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
openjpeg-debugsource - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
openjpeg-debuginfo - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
openjpeg - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
libopenjpeg1-debuginfo - update to 1.5.2-150000.4.10.1
libopenjp2-7-debuginfo - 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 - addressed in versions 2.1.0-4.18.2, 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1
openjpeg2 - update to 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
libopenjp2-7-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.3.0-150000.3.8.1
openjpeg2-devel - update to 2.3.1-5
openjpeg2 - update to 2.3.1-5
openjpeg2-debuginfo - update to 2.3.1-5
openjpeg2-help - update to 2.3.1-5
openjpeg2-debugsource - update to 2.3.1-5
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
cflinuxfs3 - update to 0.357.0
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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