Security advisory

{
  "id": "3c541bc863141baba0f2da907a94cb63fe1f93033dd7573a24d00b38ff3d52b3",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29338",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-29338",
    "summary": "Integer Overflow in OpenJPEG v2.4.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application, causing a Denial of Service (DoS). This occurs when the attacker uses the command line option \"-ImgDir\" on a directory that contains 1048576 files.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-29338",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-29338",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-29338"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "37ac30ceff6640bbab502388c5e0fa0bff23f505"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "37ac30ceff6640bbab502388c5e0fa0bff23f505"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.4.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.4.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.4.0",
            "v2.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-29338.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:36.896973440Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00002.html",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ54FGM2IGAP4AWSJ22JKHOPHCR3FGYU/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QB6AI7CWXWMEDZIQY4LQ6DMIEXMDOHUP/",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-04",
        "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1338"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
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                    "introduced": "33"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "33"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "34"
                  },
                  {
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                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-29338",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385732,
  "published_at": "2021-04-14T14:15:14.133+00:00"
}