NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting jasper package, versions <1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3
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- published2 Dec 2018
- disclosed26 Nov 2018
Introduced: 26 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-19542 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 jasper to version 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3 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.
An issue was discovered in JasPer 2.0.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function jp2_decode in libjasper/jp2/jp2_dec.c, leading to a denial of service.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-19542
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00003.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19542
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/182
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-19542.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19542/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00004.html