NULL pointer dereference in JasPer - CVE-2016-9600

 

NULL pointer dereference in JasPer - CVE-2016-9600

Published: March 14, 2018 / Updated: March 20, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11071
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9600
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: The JasPer Project
Affected software:
JasPer

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the JP2 encoder feature due to NULL pointer dereference when processing crafted JPEG 2000 image files. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted JPEG 2000 image file with an application, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-9600

Update to version 2.0.10.

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