CVE-2021-3575

Public on 2022-01-18

Modified on 2024-02-26

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in OpenJPEG. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application compiled against OpenJPEG.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

7.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	openjpeg	2023-03-17 16:35	ALAS2-2023-1999
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	openjpeg2	2022-01-18 21:37	ALAS2-2022-1741

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	CVSSv2	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv3	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2021-3575 Mitre: CVE-2021-3575 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity