Bug 1905723 (CVE-2020-27824) - CVE-2020-27824 openjpeg: global-buffer-overflow read in opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes()
Summary: CVE-2020-27824 openjpeg: global-buffer-overflow read in opj_dwt_calc_explicit...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2020-27824
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1905724 1905725 1905726 Red Hat1906216
Blocks: Embargoed1902194 Red Hat1939849
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Reported: 2020-12-08 22:28 UTC by Todd Cullum
Modified: 2021-11-09 17:56 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: openjpeg 2.4.0
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A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder in the opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() function. This flaw allows an attacker who can supply crafted input to decomposition levels to cause a buffer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Last Closed: 2021-11-02 18:00:28 UTC

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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4251 0 None None None 2021-11-09 17:56:22 UTC

Description Todd Cullum 2020-12-08 22:28:42 UTC 
In openjpeg v2.3.1 and prior, if too many decomposition levels are supplied to the encoder, it could cause a global buffer overflow to out-of-bounds read in the opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() function.

Reference: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1286
Upstream patch: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/pull/1292/commits/6daf5f3e1ec6eff03b7982889874a3de6617db8d
Comment 1 Todd Cullum 2020-12-08 22:30:57 UTC 
Created openjpeg tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1905724]


Created openjpeg2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1905726]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1905725]
Comment 2 Todd Cullum 2020-12-09 00:52:45 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: zodf0055980 (SQLab NCTU Taiwan)
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 17:56:20 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:4251 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4251
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