NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting jasper-utils package, versions <0:1.900.1-33.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.76% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-JASPERUTILS-5441184
  • published21 Apr 2023
  • disclosed25 Mar 2021

Introduced: 25 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-3443  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 jasper-utils to version 0:1.900.1-33.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2018.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jasper-utils package and not the jasper-utils package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way Jasper versions before 2.0.27 handled component references in the JP2 image format decoder. A specially crafted JP2 image file could cause an application using the Jasper library to crash when opened.

CVSS Base Scores

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