A heap-based buffer overflow was found in openjpeg in color.c:379:42 in sycc420_to_rgb when decompressing a crafted .j2k file. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application compiled against openjpeg.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4107-1 openjpeg2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-26884 A heap-based buffer overflow was found in openjpeg in color.c:379:42 in sycc420_to_rgb when decompressing a crafted .j2k file. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application compiled against openjpeg.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7083-1 OpenJPEG vulnerabilities
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Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:25:50.833Z

Reserved: 2021-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3575

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-04T18:15:08.193

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:15:50.027

Link: CVE-2021-3575

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3575 - Bugzilla

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