Resource Management Errors Affecting mdadams/jasper package, versions [,1.900.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.2% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MDADAMSJASPER-2366916
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-8883  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (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 Resource Management Errors. The jpc_dec_tiledecode function in jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted file.

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