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Vulnerability details: VCID-cuqe-zr8z-cfc2
Vulnerability ID VCID-cuqe-zr8z-cfc2
Aliases CVE-2020-27814
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
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 7.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-27814.json
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
epss 0.00195 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
cvssv3.1 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27814
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27814
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1339
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-27814.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27814
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901998
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://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
ASA-202012-21 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202012-21
AVG-1339 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1339
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-27814 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27814
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:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-27814.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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27814
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27814
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

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.41806
EPSS Score 0.00195
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:29:10.196265+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.22/main.json 37.0.0