Heap-based buffer overflow in JasPer - CVE-2011-4517

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Heap-based buffer overflow in JasPer - CVE-2011-4517

Published: December 15, 2011 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33330
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-2011-4517
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in The jpc_crg_getparms function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_cs.c in JasPer 1.900.1 uses an incorrect data type during a certain size calculation, which. A remote attacker can use a crafted component registration to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

JasPer
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
jasper (Alpine package)
jasper
mingw-jasper

How to mitigate CVE-2011-4517

Update to version 1.900.2.

JasPer - update to 1.900.2
jasper (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.900.1-r4, 1.900.1-r5
jasper - update to 1.900.1-14.el5
mingw-jasper - update to 1.900.1-24.fc21

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