CVE-2021-3575

HIGH
Published Mar 4, 20224y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Mar 4, 2022 4y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
uclouvainopenjpeg* ≤2.4.0
redhatenterprise_linux6.0any
redhatenterprise_linux7.0any
redhatenterprise_linux8.0any
fedoraprojectfedora33any
fedoraprojectfedora34any

References 6

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1957616
    Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1347
    ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00002.html
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ54FGM2IGAP4AWSJ22JKHOPHCR3FGYU/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QB6AI7CWXWMEDZIQY4LQ6DMIEXMDOHUP/
  • ubuntu.com https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3575
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.