Medium severity · published Jan 9, 2025
CVE-2024-56827
Openjpeg: heap buffer overflow in lib/openjp2/j2k.c
5.6
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the OpenJPEG project. A heap buffer overflow condition may be triggered when certain options are specified while using the opj_decompress utility. This can lead to an application crash or other undefined behavior.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56827
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56827
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7309
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56827
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2335174
github.com
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/e492644fbded4c820ca55b5e50e598d346e850e8
github.com
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1564
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00002.html
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