SB2016122006 - Denial of service in JasPer
Published: December 20, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016122006
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9591)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to use-after-free error when processing crafted JPEG 2000 image files. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted JPEG 2000 image file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.