USN-4880-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• openjpeg2 - JPEG 2000 image compression/decompression library

Details

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image data. An
attacker could use this issue to cause OpenJPEG to crash, leading to a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

• libopenjp2-7 - 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1
• libopenjp3d7 - 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1
• libopenjpip7 - 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2020-27841
• CVE-2020-27824
• CVE-2020-27814
• CVE-2020-27823
• CVE-2020-27845

Related notices

• USN-4685-1: libopenjpip-viewer, openjpeg2, libopenjp2-7, libopenjp3d-tools, libopenjpip7, libopenjp3d7, libopenjp2-tools, libopenjpip-server, libopenjpip-dec-server, libopenjp2-7-dev
• USN-4686-1: libgs9, libgs-dev, ghostscript-x, ghostscript, ghostscript-doc, libgs9-common
• USN-5952-1: libopenjpip-viewer, openjpeg2, libopenjp2-7, libopenjp3d-tools, libopenjpip7, libopenjp3d7, libopenjp2-tools, libopenjpip-server, libopenjpip-dec-server, libopenjp2-7-dev
• USN-5664-1: libopenjpeg-java, openjpip-server, openjpip-viewer-xerces, openjpip-dec-server, openjpip-viewer, libopenjpeg5, libopenjpeg-dev, openjpeg-tools, openjpeg