Security advisory

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    "summary": "Divide-by-zero vulnerability in the opj_tcd_init_tile function in tcd.c in OpenJPEG before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted jp2 file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-7947.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:15:38.399341390Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FFMOZOF2EI6N2CR23EQ5EATWLQKBMHW/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJM23YERMEC6LCTWBUH7LZURGSLZDFDH/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFRD35RIPRCGZA5DKAKHZ62LMP2A5UT7/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMDEUIMHTLKMHELDL4F4HZ7X4Y34JEB/",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335483",
        "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/8f9cc62b3f9a1da9712329ddcedb9750d585505c",
        "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/733"
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  "document_id": 387412,
  "published_at": "2017-02-03T16:59:00.293+00:00"
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