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01 Record

CVE-2020-27814

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 81.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-01-25 18:38Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 16:25Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-10-27
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
Data version
5.1
Document digest
f9071b63610686975b799fe9d2ed817a93120a0eda2ff2ae610b223ecbf5732e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aopenjpegbefore openjpeg 2.4.0—

06 References

07 Fixed in

AlmaLinux 8

  • openjpeg2
    Fixed in 2.4.0-4.el8
  • openjpeg2-devel
    Fixed in 2.4.0-4.el8
  • openjpeg2-devel-docs
    Fixed in 2.4.0-4.el8
  • openjpeg2-tools
    Fixed in 2.4.0-4.el8

Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Arch Linux

  • openjpeg2
    Fixed in 2.4.0-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

CloudLinux 8

  • openjpeg2
    Fixed in 2.4.0-4.el8
  • openjpeg2-devel
    Fixed in 2.4.0-4.el8
  • openjpeg2-devel-docs
    Fixed in 2.4.0-4.el8
  • openjpeg2-tools
    Fixed in 2.4.0-4.el8

Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.

Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 12

  • openjpeg2
    Fixed in 2.4.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • openjpeg2
    Fixed in 2.4.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • openjpeg2
    Fixed in 2.4.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • ghostscript
    Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14
  • openjpeg2
    Fixed in 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • ghostscript
    Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.14
  • openjpeg2
    Fixed in 2.3.0-2+deb10u2build0.18.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • openjpeg2
    Fixed in 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

  • openjpeg2
    Fixed in 2.3.1-1ubuntu5

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 25.10

  • qtwebengine-opensource-src
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.10

  • qtwebengine-opensource-src
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS

  • qtwebengine-opensource-src
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS

  • qtwebengine-opensource-src
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS

  • qtwebengine-opensource-src
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS

  • qtwebengine-opensource-src
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.