USN-7223-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

22 January 2025

OpenJPEG could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

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Releases

Packages

  • openjpeg2 - JPEG 2000 image compression/decompression library

Details

Frank Zeng discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled memory when using
the decompression utility. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-56826,
CVE-2024-56827)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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