CVE-2020-27843
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.51%
Description
A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide specially crafted input to the conversion or encoding functionality, causing an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.
How to fix CVE-2020-27843
To remediate CVE-2020-27843, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/openjpeg2—upgrade to 2.4.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-27843 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.4.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |