7.8
HIGH
CVE-2020-27814
OpenJPEG PNG File Format Heap Buffer Overflow
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 26, 2021, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:21 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-27814 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-27814 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Uclouvain openjpeg
1 Debian debian_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-27814.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901998 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1283 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901998 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1283 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Makefile C Shell C++ HTML JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
34 stars 8 fork 8 watcher
Born at : Oct. 28, 2020, 11:33 a.m. This repo has been linked 21 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-27814 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-27814 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901998
    Added Reference https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1283
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 25, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901998 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901998 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1283 No Types Assigned https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1283 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.5.1 *cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.0 up to (excluding) 2.4.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-27814 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-27814 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

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