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Vulnerability details: VCID-4x37-bmwz-hbf8
Vulnerability ID VCID-4x37-bmwz-hbf8
Aliases CVE-2020-27845
Summary There's a flaw in src/lib/openjp2/pi.c of openjpeg in versions prior to 2.4.0. If an attacker is able to provide untrusted input to openjpeg's conversion/encoding functionality, they could cause an out-of-bounds read. The highest impact of this flaw is to application availability.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-27845.json
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
cvssv3.1 4.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27845
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27845
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1339
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-27845.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27845
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1907523
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15389
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27814
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27823
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27824
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27841
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27842
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27843
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27845
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6851
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8112
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJUPGIZE6A4O52EBOF75MCXJOL6MUCRV/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
ASA-202012-21 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202012-21
AVG-1339 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1339
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:outside_in_technology:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:outside_in_technology:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-27845 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27845
RHSA-2021:4251 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4251
USN-4685-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4685-1/
USN-4686-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4686-1/
USN-4880-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4880-1/
USN-5952-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5952-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-27845.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27845
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27845
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.2051
EPSS Score 0.00065
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:34:42.964456+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/4686-1/ 37.0.0