NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting jasper package, versions <1.900.1-14ubuntu3.5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.25% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-JASPER-343023
  • published17 Jul 2017
  • disclosed17 Jul 2017

Introduced: 17 Jul 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 jasper to version 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.5 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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 Base Scores

version 3.1