Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libjasper4 package, versions <2.0.14-3.16.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-LIBJASPER4-2702335
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed21 Sept 2020

Introduced: 21 Sep 2020

CVE-2017-9782  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 libjasper4 to version 2.0.14-3.16.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libjasper4 package and not the libjasper4 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

JasPer 2.0.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted image, related to the jp2_decode function in libjasper/jp2/jp2_dec.c.