USN-7223-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

USN-7223-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities
22 January 2025

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

Releases

• Ubuntu 24.10
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

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)

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

Ubuntu 24.10

• libopenjp2-7 - 2.5.0-2ubuntu1.2
• libopenjp2-tools - 2.5.0-2ubuntu1.2
  Ubuntu 24.04
• libopenjp2-7 - 2.5.0-2ubuntu0.3
• libopenjp2-tools - 2.5.0-2ubuntu0.3
  Ubuntu 22.04
• libopenjp2-7 - 2.4.0-6ubuntu0.3
• libopenjp2-tools - 2.4.0-6ubuntu0.3
• libopenjp3d-tools - 2.4.0-6ubuntu0.3
• libopenjp3d7 - 2.4.0-6ubuntu0.3
  Ubuntu 20.04
• libopenjp2-7 - 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.4
• libopenjp2-tools - 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.4
• libopenjp3d-tools - 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.4
• libopenjp3d7 - 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.4

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