Out-of-Bounds Affecting mdadams/jasper package, versions [,1.900.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.05% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MDADAMSJASPER-2366880
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Mar 2017

CVE-2016-8886  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mdadams/jasper to version 1.900.15 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The jas_malloc function in libjasper/base/jas_malloc.c in JasPer before 1.900.11 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

CVSS Scores

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