RHSA-2021:4251MediumCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: openjpeg2 security update

Published
November 9, 2021
Last Modified
November 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (14)

CVE-2020-27824 →CVE-2020-27845 →CVE-2021-3575 →CVE-2018-5727 →CVE-2019-12973 →CVE-2020-15389 →CVE-2020-27814 →CVE-2020-27823 →CVE-2020-27842 →CVE-2020-27843 →CVE-2021-29338 →CVE-2018-5785 →CVE-2018-20845 →CVE-2018-20847 →

📋 Description

CVE-2018-5727 — openjpeg: integer overflow in opj_t1_encode_cblks in src/lib/openjp2/t1.c CVE-2018-5785 — openjpeg: integer overflow in opj_j2k_setup_encoder function in openjp2/j2k.c CVE-2018-20845 — openjpeg: division-by-zero in functions pi_next_pcrl, pi_next_cprl, and pi_next_rpcl in openmj2/pi.c CVE-2018-20847 — openjpeg: integer overflow in function opj_get_encoding_parameters in openjp2/pi.c CVE-2019-12973 — openjpeg: denial of service in function opj_t1_encode_cblks in openjp2/t1.c CVE-2020-15389 — openjpeg: use-after-free and double-free via a mix of valid and invalid files in a directory operated on by the decompressor CVE-2020-27814 — openjpeg: heap-buffer-overflow in lib/openjp2/mqc.c could result in DoS CVE-2020-27823 — openjpeg: heap-buffer-overflow write in opj_tcd_dc_level_shift_encode() CVE-2020-27824 — openjpeg: global-buffer-overflow read in opj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() CVE-2020-27842 — openjpeg: null pointer dereference in opj_tgt_reset function in lib/openjp2/tgt.c CVE-2020-27843 — openjpeg: out-of-bounds read in opj_t2_encode_packet function in openjp2/t2.c CVE-2020-27845 — openjpeg: heap-based buffer overflow in functions opj_pi_next_rlcp, opj_pi_next_rpcl and opj_pi_next_lrcp in openjp2/pi.c CVE-2021-3575 — openjpeg: heap-buffer-overflow in color.c may lead to DoS or arbitrary code execution CVE-2021-29338 — openjpeg: out-of-bounds write due to an integer overflow in opj_compress.c

🎯 Affected products49

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-0:2.4.0-4.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-0:2.4.0-4.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-0:2.4.0-4.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-0:2.4.0-4.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-0:2.4.0-4.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-0:2.4.0-4.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debuginfo-0:2.4.0-4.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debuginfo-0:2.4.0-4.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debuginfo-0:2.4.0-4.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debuginfo-0:2.4.0-4.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debuginfo-0:2.4.0-4.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debuginfo-0:2.4.0-4.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debuginfo-0:2.4.0-4.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debuginfo-0:2.4.0-4.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debuginfo-0:2.4.0-4.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debuginfo-0:2.4.0-4.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debugsource-0:2.4.0-4.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debugsource-0:2.4.0-4.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debugsource-0:2.4.0-4.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debugsource-0:2.4.0-4.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debugsource-0:2.4.0-4.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debugsource-0:2.4.0-4.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debugsource-0:2.4.0-4.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debugsource-0:2.4.0-4.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debugsource-0:2.4.0-4.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-debugsource-0:2.4.0-4.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-devel-0:2.4.0-4.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • openjpeg2-devel-0:2.4.0-4.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • +19 more not shown

✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: This flaw can be mitigated by not using openjpeg to convert untrusted image files.

🔗 References (18)