Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting jasper package, versions <2.0.14-3.16.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.69% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-JASPER-2702369
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed21 Sept 2020

Introduced: 21 Sep 2020

CVE-2018-20622  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 jasper to version 2.0.14-3.16.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jasper package and not the jasper package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

JasPer 2.0.14 has a memory leak in base/jas_malloc.c in libjasper.a when "--output-format jp2" is used.

CVSS Scores

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