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CVE-2021-3575
Published:March 04, 2022
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
openjpeg (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=2.3.1 <2.5.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.5.0
Related Resources (14)
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-3575
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-3575
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4251
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QB6AI7CWXWMEDZIQY4LQ6DMIEXMDOHUP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QB6AI7CWXWMEDZIQY4LQ6DMIEXMDOHUP/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3575
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1957616
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3575
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-3575
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1347
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00002.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ54FGM2IGAP4AWSJ22JKHOPHCR3FGYU/
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3575
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ54FGM2IGAP4AWSJ22JKHOPHCR3FGYU/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-787
EPSS
Base Score:
0.33