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CVE-2020-15389

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-06-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

jp2/opj_decompress.c in OpenJPEG through 2.3.1 has a use-after-free that can be triggered if there is a mix of valid and invalid files in a directory operated on by the decompressor. Triggering a double-free may also be possible. This is related to calling opj_image_destroy twice.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• Oracle Corporation Outside In Technology: 8.5.4, 8.5.5
• uclouvain openjpeg: through 2.3.1

References

• https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1261
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00008.html
• https://pastebin.com/4sDKQ7U8
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882
• https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
• https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1261
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00008.html
• https://pastebin.com/4sDKQ7U8
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882

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