NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libjasper4 package, versions <2.0.14-150000.3.25.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-LIBJASPER4-2806285
  • published30 Apr 2022
  • disclosed29 Apr 2022

Introduced: 29 Apr 2022

CVE-2021-3467  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 libjasper4 to version 2.0.14-150000.3.25.1 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.

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way Jasper versions before 2.0.26 handled component references in CDEF box in the JP2 image format decoder. A specially crafted JP2 image file could cause an application using the Jasper library to crash when opened.

CVSS Scores

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