NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting jasper-utils package, versions <0:1.900.1-30.el7_3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-JASPERUTILS-4669137
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 Dec 2016

Introduced: 29 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9600  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 jasper-utils to version 0:1.900.1-30.el7_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1208.

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.

JasPer before version 2.0.10 is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference was found in the decoded creation of JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash.