CVE-2020-27844

A flaw was found in openjpeg's src/lib/openjp2/t2.c in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide crafted input to openjpeg during conversion and encoding, causing an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Published: 2021-01-05 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-27844 is rated Moderate Risk (56/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.80%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-27844

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-26 1.99% 0.80% -1.19%
2 2026-04-20 0.78% 1.99% +1.22%
3 2026-01-19 — 0.78% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-27844

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
8.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 8.5 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-27844

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-27844

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2020-27844: 3 source package rows (chromium, openjpeg, qt5-qtwebengine); 74 state rows across 17 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-community, 3.17-main, 3.18-community, 3.18-main, 3.19-community, 3.19-main, 3.20-community, 3.20-main, 3.21-community, 3.21-main, 3.22-community, 3.22-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 24, open 50. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-27844
debian unimportant CVE-2020-27844 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openjpeg2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27844
gentoo normal CVE-2020-27844: 1 GLSA(s) (202101-29), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/openjpeg); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2020-27844
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27844
suse high CVE-2020-27844 severity important: SUSE including 19 source package names (chromedriver-89.0.4389.72-bp152.2.62.1, chromedriver-89.0.4389.72-lp152.2.77.1, …), 144 product×package rows across 36 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, … (36 product lines)): Known Not Affected 134, Fixed 10. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27844/
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-27844 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (blender, insighttoolkit4, openjpeg, openjpeg2, qtwebengine-opensource-src, texmaker), 93 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 57, DNE 21, needs-triage 8, ignored 5, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27844

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-27844

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
uclouvain openjpeg < 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle outside_in_technology 8.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:outside_in_technology:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-27844

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