NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting jasper-utils package, versions <0:1.900.1-33.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-JASPERUTILS-4810379
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Mar 2017

Introduced: 5 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-1000050  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 jasper-utils to version 0:1.900.1-33.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3253.

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 2.0.12 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer exception in the function jp2_encode which failed to check to see if the image contained at least one component resulting in a denial-of-service.

CVSS Scores

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