Resource Management Errors Affecting mdadams/jasper package, versions [,2.0.17)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MDADAMSJASPER-2366914
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Aug 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Aug 2019

CVE-2017-14232  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mdadams/jasper to version 2.0.17 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. The read_chunk function in flif-dec.cpp in Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF) 0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted flif file.

CVSS Scores

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