CVE-2014-8138

Summary

CVECVE-2014-8138
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-24 18:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the jp2_decode function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG 2000 file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Jasper Project Jasper 1.900.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0539 - Updated jasper packages fix security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
USN-2483-1: JasPer vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2483-2: Ghostscript vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.com
Security Advisory SA62311 - SUSE update for jasper - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0038-1: moderate: Security update for jasper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0039-1: moderate: Security update for jasper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:159 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0042-1: moderate: Security update for jasper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA61747 - Red Hat update for jasper - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Gain Elevated Privileges, and Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:012 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
JasPer 1.900.1 Double-Free / Heap Overflow ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3106-1 jasper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
JasPer CVE-2014-8138 Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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