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Unscored USN-5952-1 10 CVEs

openjpeg2 vulnerabilities

Published Mar 15, 2023 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

Sebastian Poeplau discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain inputs.
If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04
LTS. (CVE-2020-6851, CVE-2020-8112)

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user
or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2020-15389, CVE-2020-27814, CVE-2020-27823, CVE-2020-27824,
CVE-2020-27841, CVE-2020-27845)

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user
or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2020-27842, CVE-2020-27843)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS openjpeg2 2.3.0-2+deb10u2build0.18.04.1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS openjpeg2 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm3

Vulnerabilities 10

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6851
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8112
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15389
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27814
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27823
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27824
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27841
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27842
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27843
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27845