CVE-2020-27814
High
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 permission of the user running such an application.
Exploit probability
2.0%
Published
January 26, 2021
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
4 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2020-27814
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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 permission of the user running such an application.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901998
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1283
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html