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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27842
There's a flaw in openjpeg's t2 encoder in versions prior to 2.4.0. An attacker who is able to provide crafted input to be processed by openjpeg could...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
There's a flaw in openjpeg's t2 encoder in versions prior to 2.4.0. An attacker who is able to provide crafted input to be processed by openjpeg could cause a null pointer dereference. The highest impact of this flaw is to application availability.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
openjpeg2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.0-1"}]}]
Debian:13
openjpeg2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.0-1"}]}]
Debian:14
openjpeg2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.0-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org