Input validation error in JasPer - CVE-2014-8137
Published: December 24, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33250
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8137
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file.
Affected software
JasPer
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Slackware Linux
jasper (Alpine package)
jasper
mingw-jasper
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Slackware Linux
jasper (Alpine package)
jasper
mingw-jasper
How to mitigate CVE-2014-8137
Update to version 1.900.2.
JasPer - update to 1.900.2
jasper (Alpine package) - update to 1.900.1-r10
jasper - addressed in versions 1.900.1-15.el5, 1.900.1-29.fc21
mingw-jasper - addressed in versions 1.900.1-25.el7, 1.900.1-25.fc21
jasper (Alpine package) - update to 1.900.1-r10
jasper - addressed in versions 1.900.1-15.el5, 1.900.1-29.fc21
mingw-jasper - addressed in versions 1.900.1-25.el7, 1.900.1-25.fc21
External References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0539.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00017.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129660/JasPer-1.900.1-Double-Free-Heap-Overflow.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2021.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0698.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1713.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62311
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62615
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62619
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3106
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:012
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:159
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71742
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033459
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.538606
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2483-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2483-2
- https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-012.html
Related Security Bulletins
- Input validation error in JasPer
- Input validation error in jasper (Alpine package)
- Amazon Linux AMI update for jasper
- Gentoo update for JasPer
- Slackware Linux update for jasper
- Fedora 21 update for jasper
- Fedora 21 update for mingw-jasper
- Fedora EPEL 7 update for mingw-jasper
- Fedora EPEL 5 update for jasper