CVE-2021-3575
Publication date 4 March 2022
Last updated 11 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | 
|---|---|---|
| openjpeg2 | 25.10 questing | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 2.5.0-2ubuntu2 
                                
                               
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| 25.04 plucky | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 2.5.0-2ubuntu2 
                                
                               
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| 24.04 LTS noble | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 2.5.0-2ubuntu0.2 
                                
                               
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| 22.04 LTS jammy | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 2.4.0-6ubuntu0.2 
                                
                               
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| 20.04 LTS focal | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.3 
                                
                               
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 2.3.0-2+deb10u2ubuntu0.1~esm3 
                                
                                   
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm6 
                                
                                   
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| blender | 25.10 questing | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 25.04 plucky | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 24.04 LTS noble | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 22.04 LTS jammy | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 20.04 LTS focal | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| ghostscript | 25.10 questing | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 25.04 plucky | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 24.04 LTS noble | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 22.04 LTS jammy | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 20.04 LTS focal | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| insighttoolkit4 | 25.10 questing | Not in release | 
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 20.04 LTS focal | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| openjpeg | 25.10 questing | Not in release | 
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| qtwebengine-opensource-src | 25.10 questing | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 25.04 plucky | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 24.04 LTS noble | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 22.04 LTS jammy | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 20.04 LTS focal | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| texmaker | 25.10 questing | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 25.04 plucky | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 24.04 LTS noble | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 22.04 LTS jammy | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 20.04 LTS focal | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | 
                              
                               
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | 
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mdeslaur
as of 2023-05-15, the proposed pull as not been commited
eslerm
issue 1363 related but contested as duplicate
ccdm94
PR 1362 has not yet been merged as of 2023-05-15. The patch for this issue still seems to be under discussion.
rodrigo-zaiden
as of 2024-01-08, still no updates from upstream.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value | 
|---|---|
| Base score | 
                      
                      
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| Attack vector | Local | 
| Attack complexity | Low | 
| Privileges required | None | 
| User interaction | Required | 
| Scope | Unchanged | 
| Confidentiality | High | 
| Integrity impact | High | 
| Availability impact | High | 
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | 
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-7083-1
 - OpenJPEG vulnerabilities
 - 5 November 2024