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: 4.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9600
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

JasPer

How to mitigate CVE-2016-9600

Update to version 2.0.10.


External References

Related Security Bulletins