Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting jasper-utils package, versions <0:1.900.1-26.el7_0.3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
14.45% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-JASPERUTILS-4506684
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Jan 2015

Introduced: 21 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-8158  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 jasper-utils to version 0:1.900.1-26.el7_0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0074.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in jpc_qmfb.c in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

CVSS Base Scores

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