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high 8.8

CVE-2018-20847 json

An improper computation of p_tx0, p_tx1, p_ty0 and p_ty1 in the function opj_get_encoding_parameters in openjp2/pi.c in OpenJPEG through 2.…

published 2019-06-26 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-13387

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An improper computation of p_tx0, p_tx1, p_ty0 and p_ty1 in the function opj_get_encoding_parameters in openjp2/pi.c in OpenJPEG through 2.3.0 can lead to an integer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • openjpeg2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20847

  • openjpeg2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u5build0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20847

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openjpeg2 RHEL 8 2.4.0-4.el8
  • openjpeg2-tools RHEL 8 2.4.0-4.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:4251

  • openjpeg2 AlmaLinux 8 2.4.0-4.el8
  • openjpeg2-tools AlmaLinux 8 2.4.0-4.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2021:4251

  • openjpeg2 Rocky Linux 8 2.4.0-4.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2021:4251

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-20847 updated cvss 4.0

openjpeg: integer overflow in function opj_get_encoding_parameters in openjp2/pi.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openjpeg, openjpeg-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) openjpeg2-tools 2.4.0-4.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) openjpeg2 2.4.0-4.el8, openjpeg2-tools 2.4.0-4.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:4251
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openjpeg, openjpeg2, openjpeg-libs, openjpeg2-tools
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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