Double Free - CVE-2015-5203
Published: August 2, 2017 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33529
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5203
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor:
Affected software:
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Double free vulnerability in the jasper_image_stop_load function in JasPer 1.900.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image file.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5203
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00064.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/16/2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254242
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QIZNTZDXOJR5BTRZKCS3GVHVZV2PWHH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AXWV22WGSQFDRPE7G6ECGP3QXS2V2A2M/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNLVBZWDEXZCFWOBZ3YVEQINMRBRX5QV/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-07
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/