NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting jasper package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-JASPER-2866701
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed31 Oct 2018

Introduced: 31 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18873  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 jasper.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jasper package and not the jasper package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in JasPer 2.0.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function ras_putdatastd in ras/ras_enc.c.

CVSS Base Scores

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