Use After Free Affecting jasper package, versions <1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-JASPER-343089
  • published9 Mar 2018
  • disclosed9 Mar 2018

Introduced: 9 Mar 2018

CVE-2016-9591  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 jasper to version 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

JasPer before version 2.0.12 is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the way it decodes certain JPEG 2000 image files resulting in a crash on the application using JasPer.