Use After Free Affecting jasper-utils package, versions <0:1.900.1-30.el7_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.56% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-JASPERUTILS-4699132
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Aug 2015

Introduced: 20 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-5221  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (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.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mif_process_cmpt function in libjasper/mif/mif_cod.c in the JasPer JPEG-2000 library before 1.900.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image file.