Input validation error in JasPer - CVE-2016-1577

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Input validation error in JasPer - CVE-2016-1577

Published: April 13, 2016 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33251
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1577
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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-8137.


Affected software

JasPer
jasper (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2016-1577

Update to version 1.900.2.

JasPer - update to 1.900.2
jasper (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.900.1-r12, 1.900.1-r13

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