CVE-2020-27828
jasper: Heap-based buffer overflow in cp_create() in jpc_enc.c
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · November 30, 2020
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Jasper tool’s jpc encoder. This flaw allows an attacker to craft input provided to Jasper, causing an arbitrary out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
This flaw can be mitigated for the Jasper tool by not accepting untrusted inputs to be processed by Jasper or constraining rlevels on those inputs from outside of Jasper.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write