NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting mdadams/jasper package, versions [,2.0.26)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MDADAMSJASPER-2366891
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Mar 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Mar 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade mdadams/jasper to version 2.0.26 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. 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.

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